Peter,
    >However, when I read a paper authored by Dennis Van Engelsdorp, Robyn
Underwood, Dewey Caron, and Jerry Hayes, I stand up and pay attention. I am
not fool enough to suppose they couldn't be wrong, but these people did a
lot of work and I respect their conclusions.

    Thanks for reply, so do I. I have been under the impression that much of
the survey information was conducted by the beekeepers, of all experiences?
Thought this might skew the data? We have beekeepers here that think they 
have had CCD, which I doubt. There is much left to be said about 
confirmation as I see it.

Alden Marshall
Hudson, NH  03051

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