Biotech for bees – One Miami startup, Beeologics, hopes to cure a mysterious plague threatening the food supply, Colony Collapse Disorder

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