a Bill T snip followed > by my comments 

hence the hobby BK has much more impact on other beekeepers than
does the commercial beekeeper.

>personally Bill I think your assumption here is pretty weak but if you have some data to back up this assumption of distribution and density I would enjoy seeing it. 

As far as Varroa bombs being a "shield for why their research programs have
not 'solved' the issue" the study of bees from dead hives showing up all
around the neighbourhood seems to validate it but even more, Occam's razor
also is at play. Hence it fits the facts so is a third alternative fact.

> as I have recently suggested in a 'queen rearing class' here... bee hives were dying long before varroa arrived and no one should put on blinders and think varroa is the only reason hives now die.  one data point standing alone of a dead hive with no determination of cause means very little. 

Gene in central Texas

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