Ameliorating CCD

Jay Vroom, president and CEO of CropLife America weighed in on the causes and the ramifications of colony collapse disorder in bees. "I don't think that there is a single, primary concern. All of these stress factors come together and will affect every individual hive in different ways. It is an all of the above set of solutions that need to be addressed. For those of us who are engaged in the pesticide industry, we are in support of a commitment to research and attention to stewarding pesticides through reminding pesticide users to read and follow directions. It is going to require a continuous effort on the part of all of us. Colony collapse disorder is only one faction of the magnitude of the problem. Some have declared that colony collapse is not the leading concern. Outright bee deaths is much more important than the mysterious colony collapse disorder that is still out there but perhaps not as big a factor as it once was thought to be.