When I hear these reports of no robbing I wonder how much of this can be explained away with early 
or late season factors like tempurature and low bee activity. 

Here in the north we don't see bees trying to rob dead out equipment with much vigor until the 
number of foragers increases and the weather gets into the 80's.  Leave dead out equipment outside 
and not closed up and no bees would hardly try and get in between Oct into May around here at 
least.  

Another way to put this is, there is nothing repelling the bees,  just the bees are not interested.

There are so many legends alive concerning CCD its hard to know what to beelive. Was there just one 
or two reports of this no robbing or several dozen? 

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