Greg wrote:  > Another factor that can not be ignored is that Canada has 
been importing
> these same bees for about 20 years. If the bees carried this pathogen that
> is causing CCD, it would have shown up long before now.

This is a big question for me, too, Greg.  Besides Canada, how about the 
purported source--Australia?  I've contacted some Aussie beekeepers to see 
if they've been experiencing losses down under.  Their almond pollination 
season is beginning--one correspondent just brokered in 45,000 colonies.  If 
there was a devastating virus rampaging about Australia, one would think 
that they would notice.  Maybe they're missing something, but they are not 
reporting large losses.

Randy Oliver 

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