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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