This is worth more than .02 since  
I paid $3 for 'slicing'  
I'll assume that BP is competent since OMAF paid  
her for testing (TM) all last year  
  
For me Apr 18 was first pollen, a warm day  
and I inspected all hives (left)  
  
The second round thru and I noted a lot  
of 'hoppers' in front of one of the nucs  
(and only one hive & BTW this nuc too was 'touched' by a skunk)  
(hopper =  a living bee that cannot fly, not just catching its breath)  
  
30 -40  for each of 2 days so I put  
a small formic pad on friday evening  
There were NO hoppers the next day --  none!!  
  
So my opinon was that CCD was TM -- but not now  
  
The sample was only hoppers (27)  
0 DWV, 0 young bees, no obvious old bees (frayed wings,hairless,etc)  
14/27 had TM, 7/27 severe TM  
  
So the questions are:  
Why did the 13 that did NOT have TM become hoppers?  
Why did formic make such a dramatic improvement?  
Is my intuition about skunks bogus?  
  
damn I dislike formic  
  
dave  

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