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What happened to the honeybees?
I was doing some research on this, after looking at the wikipedia page on the investigate this mission link. Strangely enough, the same day I looked at the wikipedia article, a notice came up on the home page of my my school's website, saying that one of our professors has made international headlines. Dr. Ernesto Guzman of the University of Guelph has identified the culprit responsible for the decrease in bee colony's in my area of Canada.
From what I have read earlier there has been numerous theories people have came up with to attempt to describe the decrease, however Dr. Guzman has been able to identify that it is the Varroa Mites that are responsible, although they have also cited sparse hive populations in the fall and insufficient food in the winter as other contributing causes.
This is just a bit of 'home town' pride for me, seeing one of the professors at my school, working hard and potentially solving a great mystery. Here are a couple of links to the story from CTV and The Canadian Press. I wanted to post a copy of the journal article, however due to publication restrictions this was not possible.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100303/bee_mi...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h0-7EG...
From what I have read earlier there has been numerous theories people have came up with to attempt to describe the decrease, however Dr. Guzman has been able to identify that it is the Varroa Mites that are responsible, although they have also cited sparse hive populations in the fall and insufficient food in the winter as other contributing causes.
This is just a bit of 'home town' pride for me, seeing one of the professors at my school, working hard and potentially solving a great mystery. Here are a couple of links to the story from CTV and The Canadian Press. I wanted to post a copy of the journal article, however due to publication restrictions this was not possible.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100303/bee_mi...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h0-7EG...
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Comment by Luci Temple on March 7, 2010 at 7:08am
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In Australia we have the problem that imported varieties of bees are stronger and more aggressive than the native type, so threatening their ability to survive,
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Comment by Starling on March 7, 2010 at 8:06am
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You're sure it isn't neonicotinoid insecticides that are responsible? I thought there was pretty solid evidence that they were the cause. Are there any stats on reduced colony collapse in France post the ban on neonicotinoids? That would be good supporting evidence for the hypothesis.
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Comment by Ternura Rojas on April 16, 2010 at 2:31pm
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Really important subject Justine, thank you for mentioning this problem about honeybees
@Staling, I believe it is a combination of both: pesticides render bees weak; therefore they are prone to succ**b to mite infections. Also want to stress out that if these lovely insects disappear we follow them within 4 years! T
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