Stateline Beekeepers Association

At the Stateline meeting in February, listening to the talk about CCD, I wondered if we might be witnessing the emergence of an immune-deficiency disorder of bees, call it AIV (apian immunodeficiency virus). Now this, in today's New York Times:

Dennis van Engelsdorp, a bee specialist with the state of Pennsylvania who is part of the team studying the bee colony collapses, said the “strong immune suppression” investigators have observed “could be the AIDS of the bee industry,” making bees more susceptible to other diseases that eventually kill them off. (From: Honey Bees Vanish, Leaving Keepers in Peril)