# New info on bee colony collapse disorder

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-info-on-bee-colony-collapse-disorder/556615>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 9, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-info-on-bee-colony-collapse-disorder/556615 "2010-10-09T17:31:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![sweeteviljesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-info-on-bee-colony-collapse-disorder/556615/1 "2010-10-09T17:31:04Z")

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An [article](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/science/07bees.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=bee%20collapse&st=cse) in the NY Times says that a collaboration between the military and scientists in Montana led them to blame CCD on a combination of a virus and a fungal infection for reasons not fully understood.

[Straightdope article](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2823/why-are-the-bees-disappearing)

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-info-on-bee-colony-collapse-disorder/556615/2 "2010-10-12T04:52:47Z")

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Forget that, they figured out how to use bees to detect explosives and landmines.

> **[Center for International Stabilization and Recovery](https://www.jmu.edu/cisr/index.shtml)**
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> Center for International Stabilization and Recovery

Okay, there’s some work left for practical implementation, still that’s just cool.

But yeah, good work on the bee die off thing, too.

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-info-on-bee-colony-collapse-disorder/556615/3 "2010-10-13T02:27:58Z")

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I wonder if they can engineer a virus/fungus that kills off cockroaches?

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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-info-on-bee-colony-collapse-disorder/556615/4 "2010-10-15T09:00:59Z")

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Wait a second, military, scientists and Montana? Is this about the missing cow anuses?

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-info-on-bee-colony-collapse-disorder/556615/5 "2010-10-20T19:53:14Z")

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> [@outlierrn](#):
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> Wait a second, military, scientists and Montana? Is this about the missing cow anuses?

Now you’re cooking!