# What ever happened to bees going dodo and CCD and all that. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 9, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-bees-going-dodo-and-ccd-and-all-that/502508 "2009-07-09T23:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-bees-going-dodo-and-ccd-and-all-that/502508/1 "2009-07-09T23:45:31Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-bees-going-dodo-and-ccd-and-all-that/502508/2 "2009-07-10T00:17:05Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-bees-going-dodo-and-ccd-and-all-that/502508/3 "2009-07-10T00:36:04Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-bees-going-dodo-and-ccd-and-all-that/502508/4 "2009-07-10T01:33:13Z")
[This is a GD thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416781) [This is a thread about a relevant Staff Report.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=422266) [This is a thread about the more recent Staff Report on the subject.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=514457) ---
**Author:** ![unclelem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ac91a4/32.png) [@unclelem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclelem)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-bees-going-dodo-and-ccd-and-all-that/502508/5 "2009-07-10T01:45:48Z")
here’s a recent article on just that topic: [Whatever Happened to colony collapse Disorder?](http://whatsyourecotype.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-ever-happened-to-colony-collapse.html) The short answer is “no new breakthroughs = no new news”, but scientists are still investigating. ---
**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-bees-going-dodo-and-ccd-and-all-that/502508/6 "2009-07-10T14:05:59Z")
[Turns out its some parasite.](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604222430.htm) Its genome was sequenced recently. > **[Cure For Honey Bee Colony Collapse?](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414084627.htm)** > > 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. 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. [“About 70 percent of the state’s losses this year were not related to Colony Collapse Disorder,” said Dennis vanEngelsdorp, acting state apiarist for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and a Penn State senior extension associate in entomology.](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080521205303.htm) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-bees-going-dodo-and-ccd-and-all-that/502508/7 "2009-07-11T18:23:49Z")
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?