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Published online 6 September 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070903-17
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Virus could be cause of disappearing bees
Study combs bees guts to investigate colony collapse disorder.
A metagenomics project — studying the collective genomes from groups of organisms — has found the first firm lead in the hunt for the cause of colony collapse disorder (CCD), the perplexing phenomenon in which worker honeybees simply disappear without a trace.
CCD has hit the United States hard, wiping out between 50 and 90% of beekeepers' hives.
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