FL Commissioner’s Spotlight

Randall Weiseman April 27, 2007 FL Commissioner Report, Florida, General, Specialty Crops

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about Colony Collapse Disorder in honey bees.

More information about this mysterious malady can be found on the web site of the Departmentâ€™s Division of Plant Industry: http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/plantinsp/ccd.html

â€¦ and on the web site of UFâ€™s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences:
http://pestalert.ifas.ufl.edu/Colony_Collapse_Disorder.htm

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