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Biotech for bees – One Miami startup, Beeologics, hopes to cure a mysterious plague threatening the food supply, Colony Collapse Disorder
March 10, 2009 /
Bee colonies might not seem like the most lucrative market for designer drugs. But the need is urgent: CCD, or colony collapse disorder, a strange syndrome that kills adult worker bees outside the hive, has been reported across the U.S. and Europe. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says American beekeepers lost 37% of their hives to CCD last year, after losing 31% the year before.
Beeologics, http://www.beeologics.com/
By Michal Lev-Ram
Full Story: http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/05/smallbusiness/biotech_for_bees.fsb/index.htm?postversion=2009030606
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