Bee disease decimates stock in CT

American Foul Brood disease is killing the bee population and this is threatening the pollination of next season's crop. "It is a crisis. There is no known cure for the brood. It is the Aids of honeybees," says Mike Miles, chairman of the SA Bee Industry Organisation.With a third of the Cape's bees infected, there will not be enough hives to rent to farmers for the pollination of fruit, an industry worth R7-billion, said Miles.