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Barry calls for a quarantine to control CCD. That would require shutting
down movement of colonies from at least 70% of the nation's states. And, this
assumes that CCD is a disease and that the states that have not
experienced/reported CCD are safe.
The verdict is still out on whether its a disease - preliminary data
suggests it may be, but not everyone agrees. And, CCD remains unknown in Australia
- maybe because they don't have mites. More importantly, CCD is unknown in
other countries that have mites and have imported Australian bees for close to
20 years (although it may be in these countries and has not been reported -
but if there were widespread losses, we'd hear about them).
Its premature to ban imports from Australia and a quarantine is not
practical. Besides, assuming the worst, CCD is a disease, its been spread from coast
to coast already. I know, I've seen it all across the U.S. - and I mean,
I've looked at the colonies, sampled. Not much to be gained now by restricting
movement. Kind of like the security show at airports, makes people feel like
somethings being done; but doesn't really solve the problem.
Jerry
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