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Collapsed hives are things we hear about in the news and happen to our  
migratory 
beeks when they are out of state and the occasional novice who  has CCD me 
Too Disease that the 
media interviews.  



Saying something is so, doesn't make it so.  We've a long history with  at 
least several large MN migratory beekeepers who have been hit hard by  CCD - and 
their losses WERE NOT restricted to WHEN they were out of state.   Some were 
hit hard last year, had a portion of their operations hit again this  year, 
and are still limping along with problem hives.  We've just finished  analysis 
of new samples from MN.
 
I'm losing patience with these proclamations exonerating stationary  
beekeepers (we know that they get CCD too) and pretending that CCD is a problem  of 
migratory beekeepers, who only experience CCD when in CA.  The  evidence is 
clearly to the contrary.
 
Jerry



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