Hi Jim
> .. bad weather and lackluster varroa control are the
> main problems. Neither issue needs more R&D funding.
Exactly. It worries me that the public concern and the campaigning is partially built on hype. However it is true that the UK had international-level researchers in bee pathology and that this research has been dismantled, leaving us with practically-orientated researchers at another location but not the underlying knowledge-seeking research. This leaves us in a weaker position to meet future problems of course.
Give Joanne a (gentle) hug from me.
best wishes
Gavin
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