>>...from the National Research Council...  Last year, honeybees -- 
millions of colonies of which are leased by farmers.... had to be 
imported from outside North America for the first time in decades...

Millions of colonies imported from outside of North America - is this 
accurate?  Are they talking about package imports from Australia?  I 
know over a million colonies are transported from out of state into 
the almond groves in California in January but I have not heard of 
colony importation from other countries.

Waldemar

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