# Good news for honey bees

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-honey-bees/493205>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 15, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-honey-bees/493205 "2009-04-15T18:43:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-honey-bees/493205/1 "2009-04-15T18:43:47Z")

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Spanish researches have found one cause of colony collapse, and have tested a cure:

> **[Cure For Honey Bee Colony Collapse?](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414084627.htm)**
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> For the first time, scientists have isolated a parasite from professional apiaries suffering from honey bee colony depopulation syndrome. They then went on to treat the infection with complete success.

Viva Spain!

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-honey-bees/493205/2 "2009-04-15T19:12:06Z")

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How do they drug the bees? Add it to their diet? Spray it on? Feed each one teeny pills?

And what’s up with the beekeeper donning full-body protection but leaving the hands completely exposed? That seems… painful.

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-honey-bees/493205/3 "2009-04-15T20:03:33Z")

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Sweet.

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**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-honey-bees/493205/4 "2009-04-15T21:11:49Z")

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> [@DMark](#):
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> Sweet.

Sure thing, honey. They’re the bee’s knees!

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-honey-bees/493205/5 "2009-04-15T21:21:57Z")

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They’ll be happy to hear this in Iceland.

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-for-honey-bees/493205/6 "2009-04-15T21:43:18Z")

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Fantastic news. As an eco-nerd, this was causing me some serious distress. Talk about consequences. Sheesh.