Misdiagnosis of CCD is more than easy without microscopic study..

I had a beekeeper to call me an he stated that he had CCD. 80 % of his 
hives, about 45 in total had died during winter. Very few dead bees left. 
Clean frames, no visble sings of pest or desease.

I sugested taking bee samples to a bee lab. The few remaining bees were 
heavily infested with acarapis mites. So that was the case. I would not 
recommend anyone stating CCD without looking the remaining bees  with a 
microscope for heavy nosema or acarapis.

Ari Seppälä
Finland

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