Bill Said:  "Add CCD to the list and it becomes the newest culprit.  Bob's 
observation of the beekeeper on the CBS show confirms it. It was probable  
Varroa but now it is CCD."
 
At risk of beating a dead horse, no one from the CCD team inspected  the 
'probable' varroa hives shown on the CBS show.  Also, there is a  clip of me 
pointing to a bee with damaged wings, but that doesn't mean that  we commonly saw 
this symptom.  The news crew spent a couple of days  shooting video, cut and 
pasted down to a very short show.
 
As per calling PMS CCD, please don't confuse bits of video shot and chosen  
by a news producer with the investigations of the CCD working group.  We  did 
not call see nor proclaim her hives CCD - a news caster found a  beekeeper who 
lost bees. He or she assumed it was CCD.
 
Now, Bill is correct in that beekeepers may confuse more common losses with  
the CCD syndrome, especially new beekeepers or those who don't go to meetings, 
 read up on things, etc.  We try to screen to be sure that the problem is  
not simply mites/PMS.
 
Jerry
 
And yes, this is a difficult problem, with many possible interacting  
factors.  That doesn't mean we shouldn't try to resolve  it.

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