This paper by Rucker and Thurman in 2012 helped me put it all in to perspective. http://perc.org/sites/default/files/ps50.pdf "Colony Collapse Disorder has been portrayed as an environmental disaster that is decimating honey bee populations in the United States and elsewhere. While the difficulties faced by commercial beekeepers are considerable, our analysis of colony numbers, input (queen and packaged bee) prices, honey production, and pollination fees provides only slim evidence of a small economic impact." "The overblown response to CCD in the media stems from a failure to appreciate the resilience of markets in accommodating shocks of various sorts." *********************************************** 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