I suspect at least part of this is going to be a cull of the less aware
beekeepers, as resistant mites kill off hives which are still being treated with
fluvalinate. Add a terrible summer last year, followed by an unusually long
winter, and it's not hard to see why there might have been an unusully high
level of losses!
Regards,
Robert Brenchley
Birmingham UK
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