>> But getting back to what Allen Dick said for creep back over a logn
>period............this was just not true, but was last fall in 2007
>>

I presume the objection was to 'creep' rather than 'bounce'

Several posts extracted from a brief search of the Bee-L archives.

Whatever the timescale be it the long game over 7 years OR the short one 
post 'ccd', 'creep' seems the appropriate term. 660 to 'about' 700 seems 
a very small increase this year to call a bounce. Esp, if with the 
exception of the last season, losses are only 1 to 2% and swarms are 
collected.

No allegations, no claims by the uninformed, just Dee's own writings



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Tue, 25 Dec 2001 09:24:48 -0800
From:         Dee Lusby

Does small cell size work. Well, we are now 700 colonies
with three deep unlimited broodnests plus honey supers and
planning to expand this year to 900-1,000 colonies. We are
now also going into 6 years plus on this second regression.

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Thu, 30 Sep 2004 02:06:39 EDT
From:         Dee Lusby

close to 800 colonies going successfully  now

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Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:52:15 -0800
From:         Dee Lusby


Saying this, right now I have to say that even
with our severe drought here in Arizona the past 5 years
coupled with mites, things have tappered off and losses
seem in the past few years down to only 1-2% now and the
bees are humming along.

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Fri, 9 May 2008 21:43:42 -0700
From:         Dee Lusby

Went overall from about 860 down too 660 going into winter,


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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:49:51 -0800
From:         Dee Lusby


Recently it was said I was not commercial but yet I keep about 700 hives 
and anticipate increasing this coming year.

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Seems its all in the perceptions.......yet again.

The believers believe..............despite the evidence.

The disbelievers disbelieve...................despite the evidence.

The pragmatists wait and see and examine the evidence. ( The cold 
numbers extracted from Dee's own writings with the feelgood stuff 
stripped out.)
-- 
Murray McGregor

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