Dave Hackenberg (US commercial beekeeper): 'This winter could be the worst yet'
vr, 01/08/2010 - 17:09 — Henk Tennekes
The man credited with discovering colony collapse disorder, a strange phenomenon in which workers bees suddenly desert the hive — that has wiped out more than a third of all honeybees in the US — says this winter could be the worst yet.
One of Pennsylvania's biggest commercial beekeepers, Dave Hackenberg, of Lewisburg, Union County, found in mid-November 2006 he had lost about half of the 2,700 colonies he manages. This spring he will be glad when it stops at 50% losses. He has already lost one-third of his 3,000 colonies.
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