On Thu, 31 May 2007 09:54:54 -0400, Bill Truesdell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Too many things will end up as suspect with no real
>defined cause. I hope I am wrong.
>

See this new article for a so called  hint of what is being found, everything and nothing...........?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/01/BUGQ2Q5AAI22.DTL

"Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Atwater (Merced County), said he has seen portions of the report being 
prepared for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to be released later this month. He said it lays out 
several possible causes, including parasites and a lack of genetic diversity."

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