Hi Ghislain
> do you really know what happens in
> The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, ...?

Although I have some contacts in Europe (i.e. excluding the UK), clearly I 
could not know everything that is happening despite fairly extensive 
reading - nor did I wish to convey that impression.  I was simply trying to 
point out that there is a lobby here that is trying to claim that the UK's 
beekeeping is in a perilous state and that we should be given large handouts 
to solve the problem.  In my view that is just not so.  Yes, varroa is a 
problem that we could do without - but it is manageable.  The weather here 
has always been fickle but we have to live with that - not cry CCD every 
time we have a bad summer!  Another problem here is too many beginners who 
want to 'Save the Bee' following all the media hype; according to official 
statistics, 50% of beginners lose their bees in their first winter.

It would be interesting to have your views on the situation in the rest of 
Europe.

Best wishes

Peter 

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