>I thought you didn't believe in CCD.

We have been over this before, (Many times?)

I believe a set of symptoms have been defined to describe
a disorder named colony collapse disorder.

Claimed by some and the media to be the reason for world wide bee loss.

I have never doubted the high hive loss since 2006 (2004 in Florida).

Were the CCD team the first to observe the start of the die off?

The Canadians said CCD was never found in Canada *based* on the CCD described
symptoms which I found interesting. They had hive loss but never fit the described symptoms.

If I remember correctly Dennis V. made the statement only 4% of dead hives claimed as CCD fit the symptoms. 

Then what name should we give the other 96%?

If true why are we even using the word CCD to describe what we are seeing today. Annual hive loss is clearly changed since the start of the die off.
If not true commercial beekeepers would not be in the news all the time. 


bob

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