Comments on: Colony Collapse Disorder http://www.beekeepersfriend.com/2007/09/06/colony-collapse-disorder/ Peaches' Beekeeping Blog Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:57:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: My Thought Spot»Blog Archive » Famous Friday: Beekeepers Friend http://www.beekeepersfriend.com/2007/09/06/colony-collapse-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-35 My Thought Spot»Blog Archive » Famous Friday: Beekeepers Friend Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:55:47 +0000 http://www.beekeepersfriend.com/2007/09/06/colony-collapse-disorder/#comment-35 [...] of talk about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in the beekeeping business over the last year or so. Yesterday he summarized an article on what may be the cause of the disorder. It is still somewhat [...] [...] of talk about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in the beekeeping business over the last year or so. Yesterday he summarized an article on what may be the cause of the disorder. It is still somewhat [...]

]]> By: ekpeach http://www.beekeepersfriend.com/2007/09/06/colony-collapse-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-32 ekpeach Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:39:53 +0000 http://www.beekeepersfriend.com/2007/09/06/colony-collapse-disorder/#comment-32 That re-implementing would be good; however, we are short on bees as it is and need to get them from any place we can. In this case though, would we be losing more than we gained? Canada is not experiencing CCD and they are not allowing imports from Australia either. We just have to hope that the government will take all this under advisement. That re-implementing would be good; however, we are short on bees as it is and need to get them from any place we can. In this case though, would we be losing more than we gained? Canada is not experiencing CCD and they are not allowing imports from Australia either.

We just have to hope that the government will take all this under advisement.

]]> By: dpeach http://www.beekeepersfriend.com/2007/09/06/colony-collapse-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-31 dpeach Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:32:23 +0000 http://www.beekeepersfriend.com/2007/09/06/colony-collapse-disorder/#comment-31 I just read <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=a4GF7Gb41iUE&refer=australia" rel="nofollow">an article from Bloomberg news</a> which says: <blockquote>Colony Collapse Disorder may have started in the U.S. as early as 2004, about the same time a decades-old ban on honeybee imports from Australia was lifted, according to the study. The restrictions were established to prevent imports of pests that could threaten domestic bees, said Jeff Pettis, an entomologist with the USDA's bee research lab in Beltsville, Maryland, and one of the study's authors.</blockquote> Seems like the ban that has been in place for "decades" has merit and may need to be re-implemented. I just read an article from Bloomberg news which says:

Colony Collapse Disorder may have started in the U.S. as early as 2004, about the same time a decades-old ban on honeybee imports from Australia was lifted, according to the study.

The restrictions were established to prevent imports of pests that could threaten domestic bees, said Jeff Pettis, an entomologist with the USDA’s bee research lab in Beltsville, Maryland, and one of the study’s authors.

Seems like the ban that has been in place for “decades” has merit and may need to be re-implemented.

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