Bob Said:
I wonder if you could explain the not long ago large bee kill in the peace 

River district which made headlines in the U.S. ( BC , ABJ & Speedy Bee) 
which you concluded was KBV.

Answer:

Sorry Bob, It is kind of late. I have been out of the office looking at 
more bees. High winterkill in the Peace River  is in my 3 reports, 07, 08, 
and 09. It is region 5 in the tables. Same causes discussed in the report 
are implicated in high winterkill. Reports can be found under Alberta 
Agriculture website.  In fact, I visited some operations where Checkmite 
strips were in bee colonies for 3-4 weeks and mites were walking all over 
the frames. If you are talking about 5-6 years ago, reported high kill in 
early spring, it was KBV. Bees did not build up and shivering. It ended 
up, colony died "Not Collapsed". However, this kill was isolated to few 
operations.


I hope this answer your question.


medhat

Medhat Nasr, Ph. D.
Provincial Apiculturist
Crop Diversification Centre North

17507 Fort Road
Edmonton, AB, Canada T5Y 6H3
Tel: (780) 415-2314    Fax: (780) 422-6096
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