"  In  medical terms this means of "unknown cause ."   More
> accurate, I'd say.

Many of us do not believe CCD exists and all symptoms can be explained by
one of the four possible problems which were put forth by the CCD working
group.

It is interesting that beekeepers turned in their losses (which in
Hackenbergs cases was several hundreds of thousands of dollars) and did not
get help with losses. EVEN IN THE FORM OF LOW COST LOANS!

Many of us feel PPB ( pi-- poor beekeeping) was responsible for a percent of 
losses and nosema
ceranae another high percent.

Because researchers looked and used every piece of modern equipment and 
found nothing new then the problem must have mysteriously disappeared. Wow!

Bob's opinion:
I do not buy the story!

What I did observe was the dollar signs in researchers eyes.

A guess on the amount of money given to U.S. researchers might range up to 
25 million by the time all is said and done. Is this really money spent 
wisely? Glut of bees in California? Best bees in year? Zero money to 
beekeepers who took out serious loans and mortgaged houses to replace the 
bees.



bob

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