Comments on: Breeding and CCD, the big IF. http://honeyrunapiaries.com/blog/breeding-and-ccd-the-big-if/97 A beekeepers journal, thoughts and random rants. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:12:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tim Arheit http://honeyrunapiaries.com/blog/breeding-and-ccd-the-big-if/97#comment-7115 Tim Arheit Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:54:10 +0000 http://honeyrunapiaries.com/blog/breeding-and-ccd-the-big-if/97#comment-7115 I would donate to the Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium (MAAREC) http://maarec.cas.psu.edu It's not just one university or lab, but a task force of 16 members with representation from universities, beekeeping organizations, the department of agriculture and the USDA/ARS (Beltsville Bee Lab) Their focus has been on the identification of alternatives to chemical controls and promotion of less reliance on chemical pesticides for mite control, and they are also heading the CCD working group. Donations can be sent to: Maryann Frazier Attn: CCD Working Group MAAREC Dept. of Entomology Penn State University 501 ASI Bldg. University Park, PA 16802 I would donate to the Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium (MAAREC) http://maarec.cas.psu.edu
It’s not just one university or lab, but a task force of 16 members with representation from universities, beekeeping organizations, the department of agriculture and the USDA/ARS (Beltsville Bee Lab) Their focus has been on the identification of alternatives to chemical controls and promotion of less reliance on chemical pesticides for mite control, and they are also heading the CCD working group.

Donations can be sent to:
Maryann Frazier
Attn: CCD Working Group
MAAREC
Dept. of Entomology
Penn State University
501 ASI Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802

]]> By: beeconcerned http://honeyrunapiaries.com/blog/breeding-and-ccd-the-big-if/97#comment-7107 beeconcerned Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:47:22 +0000 http://honeyrunapiaries.com/blog/breeding-and-ccd-the-big-if/97#comment-7107 If you had alot of money to donate to an organization that is in the forefront and committed to unraveling the mystery of CCD and separating fact from hype and fiction and then educating people about it...who would that be? If you had alot of money to donate to an organization that is in the forefront and committed to unraveling the mystery of CCD and separating fact from hype and fiction and then educating people about it…who would that be?

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