Another San Francisco State University team, unaffiliated with the Great Sunflower Project, needs help from citizen scientists to track the spread of a honey bee parasite that could be partially responsible for colony collapse syndrome.  So far, no parasitized bees have been found in the state of Oregon. That status could change, however. The parasitic fly responsible for infections has been found in northern California less than 10 miles from the Oregon border, as well as on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. A parasitic fly called Apocephalus borealis lays its eggs in living bees, making them involuntary incubators for its offspring.