On 10/8/2010 1:54 PM, Bill who putters wrote:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/203981.php

"Researchers in the US say they have found a unique combination of a
virus and a fungus that could explain Colony Collapse Disorder, a
mysterious illness that is wiping out beehive colonies around the world.

A paper on their findings was published online on 6 October in the
journal PLoS ONE.

First author Dr Jerry Bromenshenk, a bee expert and biology research
professor, at the University of Montana (UM) Division of Biological
Sciences in Missoula, said in a statement that they don't know for sure
if the two pathogens, a fungus called Nosema ceranae and a virus called
insect iridescent virus (IIV), cause Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), or
whether the colonies with CCD are more susceptible to them.

"It's a work in progress, but it may be the most important advance in
the search for the cause of CCD in the previous three years," said
Bromenshenk."


And we all thought it was DDE.