Microchip Bees to home in on CCD

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Scientists are attaching ultra-tiny microchips to the backs of honey bees to get to the bottom of why the essential insects are dying off. The chips are so light, the bees don't know they are there. * Getting to the bottom of the bee die off is essential as one bite of food out of three comes to us courtesy of a bee. Almonds, oranges, pears, apples, and strawberries are just some of the treats bees provide. * Commercial agriculture has been hit hard by a mysterious disease called Colony Collapse Disorder where the bee keeper finds an empty hive full of honey, an ill queen, and a handful of stumbling young workers. Hopefully, a spy in the colony will stop it. * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1029786/The-bees-fitted-microchips-theyre-dying.html