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Article: What's killing Wyoming's bees?
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- Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (Cheyenne, WY)
- Article date:
- April 13, 2007
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Byline: Michelle Dynes
Apr. 13--At this point, nobody knows what causing the nation's honeybees to drop dead. Terry Booth, owner of Cheyenne Honey, said he spoke with a Fort Collins, Colo., beekeeper who lost two-thirds of his honeybee hives. The disease endangering business for professional pollinators and honey collectors has been identified as colony collapse disorder, but the exact cause is still unknown. Cases of colony collapse disorder have been reported in 24 states, including Wyoming. The disease is identified by weakened bees that desert the hives before dying. But a disorder this widespread could spell disaster for the crops ...