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a E.t. Ash wrote:a Bill T snip which is snipped by Bill
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> hence the hobby BK has much more impact on other beekeepers than
> does the commercial beekeeper.
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> >personally Bill I think your assumption here is pretty weak but if you
> have some data to back up this assumption of distribution and density I
> would enjoy seeing it.
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Bee Informed stats on winter kill and the large numbers of hobby beekeeper
kills vs Commercial. So you have hobby hives croaking all over the
landscape at rates around 50% and commercial operators (much fewer)
isolated to small pockets with kills around 15%. For example, the nearest
commercial operator to me is a good hour away while in the same area there
are hundreds of hobby beekeepers. Just blocks from me there are at least 8
or more beekeepers some who are brand new and some who do not treat. Which
is why I now have to treat three times a year.
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> As far as Varroa bombs being a "shield for why their research programs have
> not 'solved' the issue" the study of bees from dead hives showing up all
> around the neighbourhood seems to validate it but even more, Occam's razor
> also is at play. Hence it fits the facts so is a third alternative fact.
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> > as I have recently suggested in a 'queen rearing class' here... bee
> hives were dying long before varroa arrived and no one should put on
> blinders and think varroa is the only reason hives now die. one data point
> standing alone of a dead hive with no determination of cause means very
> little.
>
Who here on the list "put on blinders" and stated that "varroa is the only
reason hives now die" ? Come on now. According to Scott Adams, I just won
the argument.
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/160696999931/how-to-know-you-won-a-political-debate-on-the
But, I'll answer.. It is not just one data point. It is a point in the
continuum that does clarify an answer to a cause of colony collapse in the
fall from Varroa. Obviously not the only one but is a great data point,
even collectable, as data points go.
Aaron please forgive me for violating the BeeList rule number one. But
then, I tend to be excessive.
a snipped Bill Truesdell
Bath., Maine
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