Jim:
 The samples have all been from brood chambers, so of course the numbers will be much higher than in honey supers, and  not at all relevant to the issue of honey super combs or honey.

Reply:
Right, so with the numbers much higher in the brood chambers, they will be more relevant to the issue of CCD for causing breach of co-existance of micro-organisms were it will hurt the most, namely in/adjacent/and around the brood needed for continued existance, if it can live at all once levels get high enough (brood and micro-organisms both here), let alone the workers performing there that then suffer problems that shorten their lives substantially. And we aren't even talking about movement of stores and wax and propolis to other parts of hive for usage/re-storage, which of course like said above will/should not be as high in hone supers.......but how much is enough to hurt?

Dee A. Lusby


      

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