>Probably more to do with where Murray keeps his bees:)
Murray keeps his bees in the east and his losses in the relevant year were very small which throws the claims being made into serious doubt. Hopefully he'll comment, but you can read more about it here.
http://www.sbai.org.uk/misc/september2012scottishbeekeeper.pdf
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