http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=6164 Bee Mystery May Be Solved
26-Apr-2007
The same researcher who discovered the SARS virus in 2003 has found a microbe that may be causing the downfall of several strains of bees.
In the San Francisco Chronicle, Sabin Russell reports that researcher Joe DeRisi conducted tests on dead bees and found genes from a parasite which researchers in Spain have identified as a bee killer.
UPDATE: The Boston Herald reports that the missing honeybee phenomenon has now spread to Hawaii.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/04/26/MNGK7PFOMS1.DTLhttp://news.bostonherald.com/national/west/view.bg?articleid=197022