> J.J. Bromenshenk said:
> I'm hearing reports of 70% colony losses in some parts of east coast.  What are others hearing?  Obviously can't be CCD, Dennis has told us it's gone.  

We are in the western Catskill Mtns of NY:
A local sideliner/commercial beekeeper with a few hundred hives has reported this a few months ago in the Fall. No bees in some hives, plenty of honey and in others a queen with a handful of bees. This happened in all his yards.  Another beekeeper closer to me has long langs that overwintered fine last year but 3 of 4 are gone now. Two had no bees, one had a small dead cluster. Plenty of honey. He did not do a post mortem on them yet. He did mite counts ( alchohol wash) in the Fall and had low counts so did not treat. So far mine seem OK, crossing my fingers on AFB not rearing its ugly head again; I couldn't bear to burn any more hives.


Deb Corcoran, Bee Thankful Raw Honey

Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, 
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.


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