Managed Pollinator CAP Coordinated Agricultural Project A National Research and Extension Initiative to Reverse Pollinator Decline

摘要

In recent years, an urgent demand for answers to declining bee populations has spurred an avalanche of publications attributing the disappearance of managed bees to a variety of causes (e.g., cell phones and microwave technology, earth's magnetic field, etc). Although most of these "discoveries" were quickly rejected by the scientific community, they may have temporarily confused the public and funding agencies, and led to a belief that the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) problem has been solved. A strong temptation to provide an instant panacea for the decline in world's bee populations still creates heightened incentives in producing sensational news. However, this problem probably relates more to human nature rather than research efforts.