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Colony Collapse Disorder
Background:
- "Death of Bees" Podcast with Jeff Pettis, Popular Mechanics -7/26/2007 (8/24/2007)
- CRS Report for Congress - Recent Honey Bee Colony Declines (3/27/2007)
- Fall Dwindle Disease (Now renamed Colony Collapse Disorder) Preliminary Report
- Map of U.S. States Reporting Colony Collapse Disorder
- CCD Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (3/2007)
CCD Working Group Reports, Research Updates, and Articles:
- "Virus Implicated in Colony Collapse in Bees", Science Daily - 9/6/2007
- Statement to Beekeepers - Colony Collapse Disorder and Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (9/7/2007)
- "The Status of Pollinators in North America", The National Academies Press (download free pdf summary at bottom of page) (6/5/2007)
- American Bee Journal Article - "An Estimate of Managed Colony Losses in the Winter of 2006 - 2007: A Report Commissioned by the Apiary Inspectors of America by Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Robyn Underwood, Dewey Caron, Jerry Hayes, Jr. (5/17/2007)
- Colony Collapse Disorder: Have We Seen This Before? by Robyn M. Underwood & Dennis vanEngelsdorp (5/17/2007)
- CCD Working Group Pathogen Sub-Group Progress Report (5/12/2007)
- Map of U.S. States Reporting Colony Collapse Disorder
- Testimony by Diana Cox-Foster before U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture (3/28/2007)
- Summary of Research on the Non-target Effects of Bt Corn Pollen on Honeybees (3/28/2007)
- CCD Working Group Summary of Purpose and Responsibility
- Fall Dwindle Disease (now renamed Colony Collapse Disorder) Preliminary Report
Press Releases, Interviews, Media Reports & Articles:
- New! AIA Preliminary Survey Results - Survey goal to determine distribution of various bee parasites and pathogens (4/29/2008)
- NEW! Penn State Agriculture Magazine(Winter/Spring 2008)"The Case of the Missing Bees"
- NEW! Häagen-Dazs recently presented gifts to Penn State and University of California - Davis to support entomology research and education on the honey bee crisis. (press release) The ice cream company has unveiled a new interactive website promoting honey bee education and research on colony collapse disorder. (2/22/2008)
- PBS NATURE - Silence of the BEES, October 28, 2007, 8:00 P.M.
- Penn State Live Press Release "Bee Researchers Close in on Colony Collapse Disorder (9/7/2007)
- "Virus Implicated in Colony Collapse in Bees", Science Daily - 9/6/2007
- "Vanishing Bees May Get By with a Little Help from the Army" Popular Mechanics (September 2007 Issue) (8/24/2007)
- California Senator Barbara Boxer Press Release: Senators Introduce Legislation to Maintain and Protect America's Bees and Native Pollinators (6/26/2007)
- "Hillary Addressing Decline of Honey Bee Population" by Don Cruise, Loho 10002
- American Bee Journal Article - "An Estimate of Managed Colony Losses in the Winter of 2006 - 2007: A Report Commissioned by the Apiary Inspectors of America by Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Robyn Underwood, Dewey Caron, Jerry Hayes, Jr. (5/17/2007)
- Colony Collapse Disorder: Have We Seen This Before? by Robyn M. Underwood & Dennis vanEngelsdorp (5/17/2007)
- "Please Lord, not the bees" by Peter Dearman, News Report - OpEdNews.com - (5/17/2007)
- NPR interview with Dr. May Berenbaum, Head of the Entomology Department at University of Illinois (5/3/2007)
- Honeybee Die-Off Threatens Food Supply by Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press (5/2/2007)
- Colony Collapse Disorder Press Release (1/30/2007)
- Honey Bees & GM Crops - BeeAware Newsletter - January 2003
- Information for Growers of Bee Pollinated Crops (powerpoint presentation)
(click here for pdf version) (4/23/2007) - Fall Dwindle Disease talk - Austin, Texas (2/07)
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions:
- CCD Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (3/2007)
- NPR Science Friday with Diana Cox-Foster (9/10/2007)
- "Death of Bees" Podcast with Jeff Pettis, Popular Mechanics -7/26/2007 (8/24/2007)
- CCD Podcast: listen online by selecting "Browse all of Honey Bees in Crisis", and then click on "Colony Collapse Disorder". Or subscribe to the RSS feed for iTunes.
Beekeepers
- New! Statement to Beekeepers - Colony Collapse Disorder and Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (9/7/2007)
- Tentative Recommendations for Hives Experiencing CCD (3/9/2007)
- Complete the survey found at www.beesurvey.com
Growers of bee pollinated crops
- Protecting Honey Bees from Chemical Pesticides (4/23/2007)
