Honey Bees: CCD or SSDD?

Has the media been hyping this?

You might have heard: Something spooky is happening to the honeybees.

Whole hives are dying of the mysterious "colony collapse disorder," according to a succession of recent news reports.

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"To tell you the truth, our bees look absolutely fabulous right now. This has been a really good year for us," said Chuck Sowers, president of the Oregon State Beekeepers Association.

So what happened to the "Silent Spring," the colony collapse and the tragedy of the disappearing honeybees?

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Many beekeepers are skeptical of the reports or at least how they're adding up. For 100 years, beekeepers have logged periodic reports of sudden and inexplicable bee die-offs.

People refer the latest die-off by its initials "CCD," but one Georgia beekeeper instead calls it the "SSDD" crisis for "Same Stuff, Different Day."

[Source: Register-Guard]