[Pollinator] KCBS - CCD Coverage

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    Posted: Thursday, 29 March 2007 12:11PM

Beekeepers Are Buzzing with Colony Quandary

WASHINGTON (KCBS)  -- It's a mystery: what's killing honey bees by the 
millions? Beekeepers want Congress to get involved.  
"This winter beekeepers throughout much of the country are experiencing from 
25 to more than 75% colony mortality," warned Los Banos resident Gene Brandi, 
who heads the California Beekeepers Association. 
Brandi and others testified today before a House Agriculture subcommittee 
that more money is needed to solve the mysterious coast-to-coast colony problem. 
"Currently I have 1,900 hives of bees left of the original 4,300," said 
Brandi. 
Dr. Diana Cox-Foster of Pennsylvania State University theorized the deaths 
could be linked to water pollution, pesticides or a mite.
 
Laurie Davies Adams
Executive Director
Coevolution Institute
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San Francisco, CA 94111
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