Scientist - Estimated 30% Of Honeybees In Alberta Dead From CCD - Edmonton Journal

[hatrack]

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"We're not really sure what's happening," said Kevin Nixon, central director of the Alberta Beekeepers' Association, who lost about 30 per cent of his 4,500 hives at his Innisfail business. His losses are about double of what beekeepers expect after winter. Most hives average a 15-per- cent winter kill rate. "We're looking at probably anywhere from 30 to 70 per cent in losses (across the province)," Nixon said. "That's quite a wide range."

The association was expecting to get answers from an Alberta Agriculture study early Thursday. The report was to reveal the exact number of bee losses, the extent of the economic damage to the industry and possibly the explanation as to why bees are dying.

On Thursday, the Alberta Beekeepers' Association learned the report was delayed for a second time, leaving them with no answers to how widespread the damage is.

"It's extremely frustrating," Nixon said. "We've been meeting with them since Feb. 6. From February to April the study just got talked about and procrastinated on. It wasn't until the end of April that they actually committed to doing the survey."

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http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=b9fa4403-a7f9-40b8-bcb9-f8a8f6966968&k=86215

[kestrel91316]

1. Betcha he's been feeding that soy flour from China........

[SheilaT]

2. I'm trying to figure out what the CCD

reference is in the header. I read the article and didn't figure out what it refers to.

[Sequoia]

3. Colony Collapse Disorder