On 25/05/2013 6:08 AM, Peter L Borst wrote:
> Despite the gloom and doom press which would have us believe that honey bees are vanishing from the earth, there is a very large population of honey bees that are thriving. Current stats indicate that the US may have around 2 million colonies. Meanwhile, there are an estimated 200 million in the Americas and more than 300 million in Africa. These bees are apparently healthy, despite being exposed to similar pathogens:
Lusbees are a good example.

Lusbys were wiped out twice by mites, etc. before the AHB invasion came 
to Tucson and saved them.

Although Dee attributes her success to other things, objective 
bystanders favour the AHB explanation.

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