Anybody know about CCD (colony collapse disease) in honeybee colonies?

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I saw the tail end of a Nature show about how honeybees are dying off due to CCD, and they found some virus but they're not sure that's the only cause of honeybees dying off around the world.  Does anybody know of any groups specifically working on this, petitions, legislation, etc.?

I really love bees and 1/3 of the food we eat is pollinated by bees and they said if current rates of die-off continue, there will be no honeybees in the US by 2035.

Anybody know of good ways to get involved w/ this cause?  Groups?  Activists?  Congress members to pester?

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http://beealert.blackfoot.net/~beealert/index.php

Donation for research
http://www.agr.state.il.us/programs/bees/CCD.pdf

List of members of CCD respond effort
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/ccd/ccd_actionplan.pdf

All about bees site
http://www.beedisorder.com/
http://www.beesfordevelopment.org/info/info/disease/honey-bees-disease-in-nep.shtml

State Beekeeping Association/clubs/meetings
http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/TFGroups/DEgroups.html
http://www.njbeekeepers.org/index.htm
http://www.pastatebeekeepers.org/
http://www.virginiabeekeepers.org/
http://www.msbeea.org/main/Clubs.html?extraParam=&now=855&chkMSBA=&chkInsp=&chkLinks=&chkPapers=

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Anybody know about CCD (colony collapse disease) in honeybee colonies?

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