Viruses
February 25, 2013
If it comes early spring and a beekeeper still has 85-90% of his
or her hive left, that’s a decent/typical year. There are natural viruses that
effect bees and work similar to the AIDS virus in a human. They break down a
bee’s ability to heal itself and fight off such infections. (Please note that this loss percentage is not very accurate since CCD has come about. The Hackenberg's lost about 90% of their bees this year and have spent thousands and thousands of dollars on new hives just so they have enough bees to do the pollinating they plan to. This is a serious problem and is dramatically effecting bees all over the world.)
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