Bob Harrison wrote: > The mistake the bee lab made in the Hackenberg > experiment was not to place some of the package bees on new equipment. > If they had I believe they would have seen the main problem was the old > equipment. If I recall, they did put some on old honey supers and there was no CCD problem. Which confirms your hypothesis. But memory may be off, so welcome correction. Bill Truesdell Bath, Maine **************************************************** * General Information About BEE-L is available at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/default.htm * ****************************************************