////Yeah, being a gardener/farmer I been on this one going back a ways... I heard a couple weeks ago that CCD had been unraveled... That's the biggest part of the deal... Now it's a matter of figuring out cure...////

I haven't heard that. I hear they think they've got something. Even if they find something to destroy the virus or bacteria or whatever, they've got to be careful with it and not overuse it or the CCD vectors will become resistant. I know that with American foul brood, you have to use terramycin in the early stages but you are not allowed by law to use it if the hive is completely infested. You have to destroy the hive and burn or bury all the equipment that ever touched that hive. The AFB spores can sit dormant for 30 years and they want to make sure it can't spread. If it becomes resistant to terramycin, there won't be much to stop it and the bees have gone through enough without that to contend with.

////We need our bees 'er we'll all be out shakin' polin from plant to plant in order to eat... Einstein was right...////

Since he died in '55, we would probably not last even four years because the human population is much larger now.