Sentences with phrase «widespread colony collapse»
Earlier research had found signs that mites, a virus or a fungus, or a combination of these factors, might be responsible for the widespread colony collapse.
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A team of entomologists from the University of Illinois found a possible link between feeding high fructose corn syrup and the collapse of the honeybee colonies around the world saying, «The widespread apicultural use of honey substitutes, including high - fructose corn syrup, may thus compromise the ability of honey bees to cope with pesticides and pathogens and contribute to colony losses.»
Vanishing Bees takes us inside the debates over widespread honeybee deaths, introducing the various groups with a stake in solving the mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), including beekeepers, entomologists, growers, agrichemical companies, and government regulators.
A widespread and poorly understood cause of die - off is called colony collapse disorder (CCD), marked by unusually high bee losses (up to 90 percent per hive) in which worker bees vanish.
The recent widespread losses of honey bee colonies from Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has received a lot of media coverage.