Bee Colony Collapse Disorder Articles

http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/scientists-discover-another-cause-bee-deaths-and-its-really-bad-news.html
Yet another reason I'm happy to have fallen into organic agriculture from the get-go. We've got some major wrongs to somehow right... Read up and support organic as much as you can. This won't go away.
http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/whats-killing-canadian-honeybees

Mites in my worm bin

I opened by worm bin the other day and was surprised by a bunch of fruit flies and little buggles crawling around.

I discovered the little crawlers are mites.  The ones I had in my bin are reddish and slow moving, which I learned are not predatory. They thrive in damp conditions (which I keep finding is the case in my bin!) So I'm not feeding as much, have added some dry soil, and am trying to keep my bin open for a while each day.
http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/a-mite-is-a-mite-is-a-mite-not-quite/

The fruit flies:
I've set up 2 traps like one I learned about from a juice bar owner a few years ago.  I put some apple cider vinegar in a small mason jar with a drop of dish detergent, cover it with saran wrap with a small corner uncovered:

Yay learning curves!