[Taxacom] honeybees dying off

[Geoff Read]

>       Correction to my post.  The name is spelled Nosema ceranae (not
> caranae).  I decided to try searching the USDA website, and no hits there
> either.  What other government agency might one expect to be involved in
> this problem?

Dear Ken,

I found some USDA Ag research bee guys info on your Nosema and other probs.

http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=2851

Some sceptical comment on the phones versus bees at:

http://www.biotunes.org/bioblog/2007/04/cell-phone-use-and-bees.html

Geoff

(interested to learn of the taxonomy connection to this weirdness)