Bad form to reply to self, correction instead
Not 12 y ago but at the start of this whole adventure
That yard - Uxbridge (5mi NE) had no electric fence for 10y
Spr/06 the bears got that far south.  Got half the yard
Rather than do splits I trucked two lots of bees there from home
The second lot clearly had a sick hive --ccd-- the 
transport probably didn't help.  This Aug/06
Queens quit laying mid sept
By Dec/06 probably 3/4 had absconded
By feb/07 all were dead 10/10
Killed the neighbours bees too (3/4mi) 10/11
Fall/06 in Ont was VERY mild - this claimed the cause

dave

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