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From: "Gavin Ramsay" <[log in to unmask]>
>Mike in LA has just confirmed that Alabama hasn't had a confirmed case of
>CCD, and it has an inter-state quarantine on comb if not bees. Do you
>think that is significant? Inter-state quarantines might not stop all
>pests and pathogens, but they might slow or stop some. Or is it that
>Alabama beekeepers can't jump on the inter-state pollination run, and it is
>that rather than quarantine per se that protects them?
Gavin, your supposition breaks down at the consideration of all the
migratory beekeepers that have also not had any CCD.
Dave
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