Bob wrote:

> Bees have always robbed at times and not robbed at others. The CCD team 
> made
> a big deal of the lack of robbing. I do not.


Every now and then I see what is a seemingly offhand comment that is in my 
mind-loaded-, and I put it in reverse with smoke coming off the tires.

Bob, I know you and the CCD researchers have both been around the block a 
couple of times. "In my experience" there are periods that it would be 
absolutely unthinkable that bees would not jump on spilled/exposed honey.. 
At this time I would absolutely  make a big deal about no robbing(In the 
sense of this being totally unexpected behavior)

Now, In a time of a nice nectar flow you can pour honey on the ground in 
front of a hive and they will ignore  it.(again, in my experience)

I have always assumed that any CCD researchers comments  about lack of 
robbing have been made in the context of the above obsevations.

Am I wrong about this?

John Horton

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