Penn State has a good site about Colony Collapse Disorder. You can
hear about it by clicking on:
http://podcasts.psu.edu/node/287
You can also read about what is being done and the current status of
this disorder at:
http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/ColonyCollapseDisorder.html
On Mar 29, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Kevin A. Iungerman wrote:
Con,
Do you have the source citation your quoted material?
Reading other source material, I wrote of this in our March
Northeast Tree Fruit newsletter (March 2007, Vol. 11 No. 2. "COLONY
COLLAPSE DISORDER MAY IMPACT HIVE AVAILABILITY, PRICE") and
encouraged regional growers here to check their own hives, or to
confer with their pollination contractors ASAP, to asses if there
might be an local risk of pollination shortfall.
To date, I have had no replies indicating any shortfall or
abnormality. Perhaps though, no news is not good news.
It would be good to learn if NE NY and New England constituents are
aware of any problems?
Best regards, Kevin Iungerman
--
Kevin Iungerman, Extension Associate
Cornell Northeastern NY Commercial Fruit Program
Serving NY's Upper Hudson and Champlain Region
(Albany, Saratoga, Washington, Essex and Clinton Counties)
Growing McIntosh, Honeycrisp, and other fine apples and fruit!
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Dr. Peter W. Shearer
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Rutgers University
Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center
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