According to the BBKA, the South West of England suffered the highest losses. Devon has the most colonies - mainly Buckfast. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22861651 Best wishes Peter 52.144442, -1.503509 *********************************************** 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