I agree with Randy.

Here, in Spain, beekeepers, TV, magazines....everyone claim for CCD
and bee losses, but facts show a different version:

Official numbers (Goverment dates) say every year, from at least 10
years...the number of hives have increased in a dramatic way. Yes,
dramatic, because of the high hive density and lack of food supplies
for bees and beeyards and locations for beekeepers.

In Spain:

Hives in 2006 (CCD started "officialy" in 2005): 2.182.992
Hives in 2013 : 2.498.003


In my region, Extremadura:

Hives in 2006: 352.446
Hives in 2014: 495.825

Full data avalible (look at page number 7)

http://rasve.mapa.es/publica/programas/NORMATIVA%20Y%20PROGRAMAS%5CPROGRAMAS%5C2012%5CAPICULTURA%5CPROGRAMA%20DE%20VIGILANCIA%20PILOTO%20DE%20LAS%20ENFERMEDADES%20DE%20LAS%20ABEJAS.PDF
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P.David Quesada
Laboratory of Honey Bee Pathology
Spain

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