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<blockquote data-quote="Channahon" data-source="post: 190942" data-attributes="member: 7666"><p><strong>Fungus linked to decline of bees in U.S.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>By Jia-Rui Chong and Thomas H. Maugh II, Tribune Newspapers:Los Angeles Times; Tribune news services contributed</p><p>Published April 26, 2007</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A fungus that caused widespread loss of honeybee colonies in Europe and Asia may be playing a crucial role in the phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder that is wiping out bees across the United States, researchers in California said Wednesday.</p><p> </p><p>The new findings represent the first solid evidence pointing to a potential cause of the disorder. But they are "highly preliminary" and from only a few hives in California's Merced County, said Joe DeRisi, a biochemist at the University of California, San Francisco.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Other researchers said Wednesday that they, too, had found the fungus, a single-celled parasite called Nosema ceranae, in affected hives from around the country -- as well as in some hives that have survived. Those researchers also have found two other fungi and a half-dozen viruses in the dead bees.</p><p> </p><p>N. ceranae is "one of many pathogens" in the bees, said entomologist Diana Cox-Foster of Pennsylvania State University. "By itself, it is probably not the culprit ... but it may be one of the key players."</p><p> </p><p>Cox-Foster was one of the organizers of a meeting in Washington this week at which about 60 bee researchers discussed Colony Collapse Disorder.</p><p> </p><p>"We still haven't ruled out other factors, such as pesticides or inadequate food resources following a drought," she said.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Many researchers at the meeting in Washington widely dismissed a report that cell phone towers and radio waves may be to blame for the bees' disappearance. The theory has percolated throughout the Internet, despite repeated denunciations by bee researchers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channahon, post: 190942, member: 7666"] [B]Fungus linked to decline of bees in U.S.[/B] By Jia-Rui Chong and Thomas H. Maugh II, Tribune Newspapers:Los Angeles Times; Tribune news services contributed Published April 26, 2007 A fungus that caused widespread loss of honeybee colonies in Europe and Asia may be playing a crucial role in the phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder that is wiping out bees across the United States, researchers in California said Wednesday. The new findings represent the first solid evidence pointing to a potential cause of the disorder. But they are "highly preliminary" and from only a few hives in California's Merced County, said Joe DeRisi, a biochemist at the University of California, San Francisco. Other researchers said Wednesday that they, too, had found the fungus, a single-celled parasite called Nosema ceranae, in affected hives from around the country -- as well as in some hives that have survived. Those researchers also have found two other fungi and a half-dozen viruses in the dead bees. N. ceranae is "one of many pathogens" in the bees, said entomologist Diana Cox-Foster of Pennsylvania State University. "By itself, it is probably not the culprit ... but it may be one of the key players." Cox-Foster was one of the organizers of a meeting in Washington this week at which about 60 bee researchers discussed Colony Collapse Disorder. "We still haven't ruled out other factors, such as pesticides or inadequate food resources following a drought," she said. Many researchers at the meeting in Washington widely dismissed a report that cell phone towers and radio waves may be to blame for the bees' disappearance. The theory has percolated throughout the Internet, despite repeated denunciations by bee researchers. [/QUOTE]
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