Virus could be cause of disappearing bees

Study combs bees guts to investigate colony collapse disorder.

A metagenomics project — studying the collective genomes from groups of organisms — has found the first firm lead in the hunt for the cause of colony collapse disorder (CCD), the perplexing phenomenon in which worker honeybees simply disappear without a trace.

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Virus could be cause of disappearing bees

Study combs bees guts to investigate colony collapse disorder.

A metagenomics project — studying the collective genomes from groups of organisms — has found the first firm lead in the hunt for the cause of colony collapse disorder (CCD), the perplexing phenomenon in which worker honeybees simply disappear without a trace.

Read the story here.

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