what mystery ailment do you think is killing the bees?

I dont know what it is but it is killing the bees in my area. My brother has already lost 3 stands of bees. I hate it because we need honey. It is great to help keep allergies under control. The bees are also needed to help pollinate our gardens

There has been a problem with some kind of "mite", an ear mite perhaps, attacking the bees. This has been an ongong problem for well over a decade. At least I think that might be the problem. It has been a problem here in Michigan for a long time.

I am in Canada and had not heard this one either. I am scared of bees but they are an important part of life. It is funny that scientist haven't figured out what is contributing to this illness.

I've no idea, but if I had to guess, I'd say that maybe GM crops are to blame... They certainly can't be good for the animals and other plants which are nearby. I suppose you'll have to wait for scientists to carry out tests!

I had not heard this. I am in Canada however. This is quite a thing to be concerened about. Lots of crops need bees! I hope this one gets figured out soon.

I thought they were having problems with the africanized bees taking over the colonies of the honeybees, and they produce less honey from what I heard. I wonder if they infected it with something.

It's apparently some mite which is called varroa that has already destroyed a huge amount of bee colonies. Scientists at Penn State in Montana are among the researchers trying to solve this mystery. It truly is a serious matter of grave concern and hopefully the answer will be found, before it spreads further.

sorry i really don't know but i'm going to follow your discussion to find it out.

My father ran a large apiary for many years and sold tons of honey during world war two. ONe of his biggest concerns was a disease called foul brood that killed the bees before they got big enough to fly , some sort of fungus I believe it was but I was just a kid at the time so am not sure of that. I do know that what ever it was my dad had the knowledge evidently to keephis own bees healthy.