08-29-2007, 05:41 AM
Tahunatic asked about this and thought it better to start a new thread.
CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder) is still very nebulous. There are reports (and a lot of media hype) from several states of a similar set of symptoms: particularly, food and brood but no adult bees in the colony, and no wax moth larvae or small hive beetles present. A variety of factors have been presented to account for the symptoms, but no clear cut cause has been determined.
Most likely, it is a response to stress and migratory beekeeping is very likely a major contributor. Loading bees on a truck and moving them great distances several times a year probably makes them more susceptible to a variety of diseases/pests/chemicals.
Since this does not happen in Hawaii and Hawaii is closed to importation of bees from the mainland, There probably will not be a problem with CCD in Hawaii. Unless, of course, a causal agent is present in bees passing through Hawaii by air freight to the mainland.
Our lab has a project studying different stocks of bees moving around the country in a commercial beekeeper's operation. This hopefully will allow us to determine if there is a genetic component to CCD. Several other labs have projects on CCD within their research areas.
Allen
Baton Rouge, LA & HPP
CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder) is still very nebulous. There are reports (and a lot of media hype) from several states of a similar set of symptoms: particularly, food and brood but no adult bees in the colony, and no wax moth larvae or small hive beetles present. A variety of factors have been presented to account for the symptoms, but no clear cut cause has been determined.
Most likely, it is a response to stress and migratory beekeeping is very likely a major contributor. Loading bees on a truck and moving them great distances several times a year probably makes them more susceptible to a variety of diseases/pests/chemicals.
Since this does not happen in Hawaii and Hawaii is closed to importation of bees from the mainland, There probably will not be a problem with CCD in Hawaii. Unless, of course, a causal agent is present in bees passing through Hawaii by air freight to the mainland.
Our lab has a project studying different stocks of bees moving around the country in a commercial beekeeper's operation. This hopefully will allow us to determine if there is a genetic component to CCD. Several other labs have projects on CCD within their research areas.
Allen
Baton Rouge, LA & HPP
Allen
Finally in HPP
Finally in HPP