randy oliver wrote:
> Hi Aaron,
> Thank you for sharing your excellent observations!
> As I see it, whether or not collapses should be attributed to CCD
> specifically is of minor importance, if it distracts from the fact
> that a number of beekeepers worldwide are experiencing losses far
> above the "normal." (snip)
Amen.
> The extent of losses in France (2005-2006) is sobering--see
> http://www.api-connaissance-sanitaire.fr/mortalites%20colonies.htm
> --excerptedbelow. Note that these were small yards--not large
> commercial beekeepers.
Interesting that these losses are well after imidacloprid was outlawed
in France.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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