Peter said:

Hmm. But what if the colony collapsed after the brood rearing shut down? 
Or are we to suppose that never happens?

Medhat:

This issue of dead colonies with dead bees and brood /no brood in the 
hives, especially in Northern Stats and Canada was brought up at the 
workshop. The definition of CCD needs to be revised or become 
regionalized. This confounding factor of bees in hives and 
presence/absence of brood will be sorted out. Scientists are waiting on 
results from sample analyses and cause of death associated with CCD is 
defined. It will be good to report descriptions of the colony death status 
and which region.


Medhat 

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Crop Diversification Centre North

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