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Colony Collapse and the Consequences of Bee Disease: Market Adaptation to Environmental Change

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  • Randal R. Rucker
  • Walter N. Thurman
  • Michael Burgett

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The most extensive markets for pollination services in the world are those for honey bee pollination in the United States. They play important roles in coordinating agricultural producers and migratory beekeepers, who both produce honey and provide pollination for crops. Recent trends in bee disease—including the still poorly understood colony collapse disorder, or CCD—can usefully be viewed in the context of how markets respond to environmental change. We analyze economic indicators of input and output markets related to managed honey bee operations, looking for effects from CCD. We find strong evidence of adaptation in these markets and remarkably little to suggest dramatic and widespread economic effects from CCD.

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  • Randal R. Rucker & Walter N. Thurman & Michael Burgett, 2019. "Colony Collapse and the Consequences of Bee Disease: Market Adaptation to Environmental Change," Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, University of Chicago Press, vol. 6(5), pages 927-960.
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    DOI: 10.1086/704360
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    1. Despina Popovska Stojanov & Lazo Dimitrov & Jiří Danihlík & Aleksandar Uzunov & Miroljub Golubovski & Sreten Andonov & Robert Brodschneider, 2021. "Direct Economic Impact Assessment of Winter Honeybee Colony Losses in Three European Countries," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-11, April.
    2. Antoine Champetier & Daniel A Sumner, 2019. "Marginal Costs and Likely Supply Elasticities for Pollination and Honey," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 101(5), pages 1373-1385.
    3. Aleksejs Zacepins & Armands Kviesis & Vitalijs Komasilovs & Robert Brodschneider, 2021. "When It Pays to Catch a Swarm—Evaluation of the Economic Importance of Remote Honey Bee ( Apis mellifera ) Colony Swarming Detection," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-13, October.
    4. Rachel Soloveichik, 2021. "Tracking Cultivated Assets in Measures of Capital," BEA Working Papers 0189, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
    5. Wilcox, Steven W. & Just, David R. & Gomez, Miguel I. & Lin Lawell, C. Y. Cynthia & Grab, Heather, 2023. "To (Rent) Bees or Not to (Rent) Bees? An Examination of the Farmer's Question," 2023 Annual Meeting, July 23-25, Washington D.C. 335769, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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