Bob wrote:
> I honestly believe the U.S. bees today with all their pest and disease 
> issues are not half the bees we ran before mites and other issues. Every 
> beekeeper which kept bees for the decade before mites (Pre mid 1980's) I 
> have spoke with agrees with me.


Bob I would appreciate it if you would elaborate a little  here-are you 
talking disease resistance, population, honey production?
Also the rough years of decline
Thanks for any comments.

John Horton
N Alabama 

             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html

Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at:
http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm