Jan. 22, 2014 at 6:07 PM ET

                                                                          A plant pathogen known as the tobacco ringspot virus has been added to the list of suspects in the long-running mystery of disappearing honeybee colonies.The virus typically afflicts tobacco plants and soybeans, but researchers reported that it became increasingly prevalent in declining bee colonies. The study was published online Tuesday by the journal mBio.  Read more at.

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/scientists-add-plant-virus-causes-mass-honeybee-die-2D11975906

Systemic Spread and Propagation of a Plant-Pathogenic Virus in European Honeybees, Apis mellifera       http://mbio.asm.org/content/5/1/e00898-13

Honey Bee  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee

Colony Collapse Disorder  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_collapse_disorder

OSU Bee Lab - OARDC Wooster      https://u.osu.edu/beelab/