Bee Experts Meet in Delaware

NEWARK, Del. (AP) - August 8, 2007 -- Bee experts from across the nation are in Delaware this week figure out why honeybees are continuing to die off.

The Eastern Apicultural Society is holding its annual conference at the University of Delaware. The hot topic is Colony Collapse Disease, which is believed to be killing the bees.

Some beekeepers have lost 90 percent of their hive populations since last fall.

Officials say bees are not dying as fast as they were last year, but say this fall will be a critical test.

Experts say the bees might be dying because of diseases brought to the U.S. from other countries, or because of stress placed on the bees by being moved from farm to farm.

Because of the shortage of bees, local farmers say they are now paying more for beehives to pollinate their crops.

(Copyright 2007 by the Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

On the Net: http://www.easternapiculture.org/
Information from: WBOC-TV, http://www.wboc.com/

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