Bill Mares asked:

>Are they gone?  Are they going?  Are they just hiding?  I've read various
>assertions about the varroa-induced destruction of all-most-many-some
>feral ("wild") bees on this country.
>    Does anyone have any better data than these gut feels? Thanks

   On that point, one might read my letter on page 658 in the September
issue of the AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL.

                                                Adrian

Adrian M. Wenner                    (805) 963-8508 (home phone)
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Santa Barbara, CA  93106

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*  "When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory,
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