In a message dated 01/08/2008 02:21:46 GMT Standard Time,  
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Since  CCD several
researchers which I could name but will not have  *suggested*
(hopefully the right word) that virus is part of our current  bee die off (
CCD?).



My money's on CPV.  However, it has been around a long time so  something 
must have changed to produce the dramatic effects that some have  observed. One 
reads of pollen shortage in late summer as a possible  answer.  If there's no 
food to be had when the colony is attuned to expect  some, the bees won't fly 
around aimlessly burning off calories; they'll sit in  the hive rubbing 
shoulders until a scout reports a find. It is in these  conditions that CPV is 
spread.  So climate/weather change may be partly the  cause.
 
Chris



   

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