title: Colony collapse disorder in Europe.
abstract: Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is a condition of honey bees, which has contributed in part to the recent major losses of honey bee colonies in the USA. Here we report the first CCD case from outside of the USA. We suggest that more standardization is needed for the case definition to diagnose CCD and to compare data on a global scale.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Bee Research Centre, Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP, CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland. Department of Entomology University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742. Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dainat
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vanengelsdorp
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Neumann