Yes Jeff and Dennis came in at the end of my ~ two weeks in CA. I saw them in Waterford, at Cathy's Cafe, two days before I came back to MT. Unfortunately, I missed the main crash, but did manage to catch the end of it. By the time I left, most operations were down to survivor colonies, struggling to come back. This year's CCD seems to have hit between mid-December and early January - about the time of the national conventions. I have a couple of operations that continued to lose colonies in the almonds, after I left - I've samples courtesy of the beekeepers. Jerry *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L