Colony Collapse Disorder Cause Found?
Friday, October 8th, 2010 11:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Via
cheetahmaster, a New York Times article about folks who recently published an explanation of colony collapse disorder among honeybees, using homeland security biological weapon analysis systems among other things. The article is a little odd, working in a reference to the atom bomb, but seems to faithfully describe the research.
As I've said before, if we lose the bees, we're fucked.
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We got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk… It was very complicated.The article, on PLoS ONE: Iridovirus and Microsporidian Linked to Honey Bee Colony Decline
As I've said before, if we lose the bees, we're fucked.