> Jerry said "And, before anyone goes off on another rant against migratory 
> beekeepers - we're looking at the possibility that the two-pathogen 
> complex is relatively common; maybe hiding as a covert infection, among 
> U.S. bee operations, with some external factor (we suspect weather, 
> especially wet/damp) triggering expression."
>
> This is also consistent with my claims that the feedlot methods exacerbate 
> the issue by spreading the pathogen efficiently.

Simply repeating a suspicion (rant?) and linking a pet idea to everything 
regardless of actual content does not assist us in understanding CCD.

The quote immediately above  would actually seem to argue *against* that 
somewhat tenuous and oft-repeated thesis, rather than  prove it.

I understand Jerry to be saying that the causative agents are suspected to 
be endemic and that climactic conditions appear to be a or the trigger. 
THAT may be what gives the illusion of contagion and the clusters observed.

Nothing is said about beekeeping practices.

In fact, all sorts of operations, from the most Simon-pure stationary 
isolated organic 'natural' operations to the most promiscuous truck-driving 
pollination whores  are experiencing this disorder, so let's give it a rest, 
OK? 

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