America: The cause of the mass loss of bees by viruses

According to an American study, an Israeli virus identified in 2004 could be the cause of a mysterious disappearance of a number of bees in the US, threatening the crop due to a large part of its pollination from this insect.

US researchers at Columbia University used gene decoding techniques of the gut microorganisms in their gut. Healthy bees and bees living in the nest have a mass loss phenomenon. Genetic samples have been collected throughout the United States for three years.

Ian Lipkin, director of Columbia University's Center for Infection and Immunity, confirmed that the virus called IAPV discovered in Israel could be the ' underlying ' cause of massacre of bees.

This phenomenon called this Colony Collapse Disorder is only available in the US. Adult bees disappear from the nest, leaving honey, pollen and young bees and queen bees. In most cases, the corpse was not found.

About 50 to 90% of commercial beehives have been exposed to this CCD phenomenon for three years.

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