Colony collapse disorder of honeybees

found: Work cat.: U.S. Cong. House. Comm. on Agriculture. Subcomm. on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture. Review colony collapse disorder ... 2007:t.p. (colony collapse disorder in honey bee colonies) p. 2 (sudden and unexpected drop-off of honey bee pollinators; researchers and industry have now termed this dramatic and unprecedented decline colony collapse disorder; colony losses occur when bees fail to return to their hives) p. 8 (sudden inexplicable disappearance of millions of honey bees; CCD)

found: Wikipedia, Jan. 8, 2008(little-understood phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or Western honey bee colony abruptly disapper; originally found in North America in late 2006; also different names disappearing disease, spring dwindle, May disease, autumn collapse, fall dwindle disease)

found: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service web site, Jan. 8, 2008:menu selection: News & Events (main symptom of CCD is simply no or a low number of adult honey bees present but with a live queen and no dead honey bees in the hive. Often there is still honey in the hive, and immature bees (brood) are present)

found: Colony collapse disorder action plan [ER] 2007:exec. sum. (Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a significant disappearance of honey bee colonies that may be affecting bees in more than 22 states)