Chris
>The crash in 1987 was much greater than we have experienced more recently, 
>but that was before the internet had been invented so nobody noticed. The 
>World didn't come to an end!

I recorded 33 hives going into winter 1987, but did not record the number 
the following spring.  However, 47 went into the winter of 1988 - so we 
recovered if there was a crash.

1997 was my worst ever 41/71 survived - 42% losses.  That was the first year 
that we detected varroa - but we seemed to bounce back, producing an average 
155lbs from those 41.

Best wishes

Peter 

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