After the not too distant furor of the dissappearance of bees worldwide due to Colony Collapse Disorder and all that, I haven’t heard much about it (while noticing that the world has failed to end as predicted). Was CCD just the latest Y2K bug, or what happened with it?
I vaguely remember hearing that they’d figured out at least one of the causes, but I’m not sure. I think it’s still a serious issue right now, though.
There was a thread in GD (I think) about just how serious CCD was. After going back 100 days worth of threads, I couldn’t find it in GD. Nor did a Google search yield any results.
There were at least three threads on CCD in 2007 though.
Someone wanna back me up and find the GD thread? I apparently am extra blind or didn’t look back far enough.
This is a thread about a relevant Staff Report.
This is a thread about the more recent Staff Report on the subject.
here’s a recent article on just that topic:
Whatever Happened to colony collapse Disorder?
The short answer is “no new breakthroughs = no new news”, but scientists are still investigating.
Turns out its some parasite. Its genome was sequenced recently.
Mostly the issue is a media frenzy. We didnt lose 90% of our bees or anything. It just makes a good sensationalist story that sells ads. Turns out bee losses happen all the time due to several factors not just ccd. Theyre not a hardy species.
Granted CCD is real and unfortunate, but its not exactly the end of the world. It just raises the price on pollination and honey because lack of supply.
From what I have read from the links provided and my own googling, although the problem is real it has been brought to a more manageable degree by basic prophylactic measures. Is that about right?