Sentences with phrase «colony collapse disease»

Colony Collapse Disease has decimated bees across the U.S. since 2006, killing off approximately 30 % of the population each year.

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A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by May Berenbaum and colleagues finds that bee colony collapse disorder seems to be related to bees» ribosomes breaking down, which keeps them from making the proteins they need to deal with stress and disease.

«The global reliance on honeybees for pollination is a risky strategy given the threats to the health of managed honeybee populations due to pests and diseases such as Varroa mites and colony collapse disorder.

The challenge this time is to identify variations in the buzz that can be linked to disease, including colony collapse disorder — a mysterious ailment that has weakened colonies around the world.

They are currently being ravaged by a mysterious disease called colony collapse disorder.

If this is the case, this will be one more instance of people spreading a devastating disease to vulnerable organisms; the list already potentially includes the chytrid fungus, which is devastating global amphibian populations, and colony collapse disorder seen in honeybee populations, among more clear - cut cases, such as the American chestnut blight.

Researchers have established that the toxic substances within high - fructose corn syrup have led to «colony collapse disorder», a mysterious disease, which has killed at the very least one - third of the honeybee population in the United States.

Bees may not be headline news anymore, but from disease to mites to pesticides to the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder, the challenges they face are as serious as ever.

Since late 2006, millions of honeybees have succumbed to «colony collapse disorder», a disease that killed 40 percent of all beehives in the US last year.

This is risky, they say, as these operators have suffered devastating losses from disease and colony collapse disorder in recent years.

The implications of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the mysterious disease decimating honeybee populations, extend far past the beekeeping industry.

«Colony Collapse Disorder has been vastly overshadowed by diseases, recognizable parasites and diagnosable physiological problems.»

We've written about colony collapse disorder a number of times, and while a parasitic mite which makes bees more susceptible to disease has been linked to the honey bee die - off, the Natural Resources Defense Council