I suspect at least part of this is going to be a  cull of the less aware 
beekeepers, as resistant mites kill off hives which are  still being treated with 
fluvalinate. Add a terrible summer last  year, followed by an unusually long 
winter, and it's not hard to see  why there might have been an unusully high 
level of losses!
 
Regards,

Robert Brenchley

Birmingham  UK



   

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