Bill Truesdell wrote: >There is no reason why CCD, DD and all the others cannot be genetic, >because all describe a behavior. Right. Could be, maybe even probably is. But the genetic makeup of the bees who have exhibited this problem is extremely varied, including bees from several continents. Efforts to find excessive inbreeding in Australia and the US have failed to bear fruit in this regard. It is simply conjecture to suppose there is a genetic link to colony collapse of any sort. I don't say the solution to bee health issues is not genetic, most likely it is. A healthier bee would make all of our work easier. Even if our bees are not overly inbred, it seems obvious that more diversity would be beneficial pb **************************************************** * General Information About BEE-L is available at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/default.htm * ****************************************************