Study finds higher pathogen loads in collapsed honeybee colonies
Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 18:42
in Biology & Nature
Honeybees in colonies affected by colony collapse disorder (CCD) have higher levels of pathogens and are co-infected with a greater number of pathogens than their non-CCD counterparts, but no individual pathogen can be singled out as the cause of CCD, according to a study by an international team of researchers. The researchers, who represented Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences