The first alarms about the sudden widespread disappearance of honeybees came in late 2006, and the phenomenon soon had a name: colony collapse disorder. In the two years that followed, about one-third of bee colonies vanished, while researchers toiled to figure out what was causing the collapse. A study published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences surmises that there may not be a single pathogen involved but a collection of culprits. What have entomologists and beekeepers learned in the last few years of dealing with the crisis? We asked May R. Berenbaum, an author of the study, and other experts for an update.
* Rowan Jacobsen, author, “Fruitless Fall”
* Kim Flottum, editor, Bee Culture
* Joe Traynor, California bee broker
* May R. Berenbaum, entomologist, University of Illinois
* Marla Spivak, entomologist, University of Minnesota
* Diana Cox-Foster, entomologist, Pennsylvania State University
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