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Häagen-Dazs battles honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder

Funds research into apiarian apocalypse Ice cream manufacturer Häagen-Dazs is stumping up a $250,000 research grant to university researchers in California and Pennsylvania to probe the cause of "Colony Collapse Disorder" (CCD) - the unexplained sudde... ...full story at the register (uk)

from the register (uk) on Tue, Feb 19 2008

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25 Aug 09 visit Plausible Cause Of Colony Collapse Disorder  »  digg Researchers have found a surprising but reliable marker of colony collapse disorder, a baffling malady that in 2007-2008 killed off more than a third of commercial honey bees in the US. Their study is the first to identify a single, objective molecular...
03 Aug 09 visit New vaccine could save bees from devastating disorder  »  digg Scientists have developed a revolutionary new drug that could solve the problem of Colony Collapse Disorder, the disturbing syndrome that has been wiping out bee communities and threatening agricultural production all over the world.
28 Jan 09 visit Co-op weighs into battle to save honeybees  »  the register (uk) Suppliers banned from using eight pesticides The Co-op has announced that suppliers of its own-brand produce will henceforth be banned from using eight pesticides "implicated" in Colony Collapse Disorder - the unexplained disappearance of millions of...
26 Aug 09 visit Bee genome gives killer clue to colony collapse disorder  »  digg A comparison of bees sampled before and after mystery die-off finds distinct genetic differences.
30 Jan 09 visit U.S. Bees Showing Recovery from Colony Collapse Disorder  »  digg There are more bees in America now than in the previous 3 years.

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