What potential causes of colony collapse disorder is the Colony Collapse Disorder Working Group investigating?
A The current research priorities under investigation by members of the Colony Collapse Disorder Working Group, as well as other cooperators, include, but are not limited to: chemical residue/contamination in the wax, food stores and bees; known and unknown pathogens in the bees and brood; parasite load in the bees and brood; nutritional fitness of the adult bees; level of stress in adult bees as indicated by stress-induced proteins; and lack of genetic diversity and lineage of bees.
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