> Am I wrong? > Never. :) One other data point for you is colonies come into Maine with starvation losses. My guess is that starvation losses are much greater in the commercial pollinator world than with stationary beekeepers, commercial or hobby. Often the pollinated crop does not yield the amount of nectar anticipated or experienced previously. With blueberries you can leave lighter than when you went in. So that will also skew the data point since the ones most likely to report are commercial operations, especially pollinators, if my assumption is correct. Bill Truesdell Bath, Maine *********************************************** 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