>What about if this robbing spread the disease and therefore insects die and robbing is stoped? Does the disease affect other insects as well? Juanse It doen't kill so quickly as that Yes ccd affects ants but only for 1 year, then they recover (see my posts mid 07 for all the gory details) dave *********************************************** 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