# Latest insights into Bee Colony Collapse: mix of causes identified.

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**Created:** [April 8, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-insights-into-bee-colony-collapse-mix-of-causes-identified/685640 "2014-04-08T15:01:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-insights-into-bee-colony-collapse-mix-of-causes-identified/685640/1 "2014-04-08T15:01:30Z")

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[This 2013 article,](http://qz.com/107970/scientists-discover-whats-killing-the-bees-and-its-worse-than-you-thought/) based on Universtity of Maryland research,

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> A new study has pinpointed some of the probable causes of bee deaths and the rather scary results show that averting beemageddon will be much more difficult than previously thought.
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> Scientists had struggled to find the trigger for so-called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) that has wiped out an estimated 10 million beehives, worth $2 billion, over the past six years. Suspects have included pesticides, disease-bearing parasites and poor nutrition. But in a first-of-its-kind study published today in the journal PLOS ONE, scientists at the University of Maryland and the US Department of Agriculture have identified a witch’s brew of pesticides and fungicides contaminating pollen that bees collect to feed their hives.

Does anyone here know if there’s any follow-up to that study? Has it resulted in any issued advice regarding the use (or ban on use) of certain pesticides?