We saw CCD move through holding yards, from one end to the other, as early
as December, 2006. We've been all over the U.S. looking at CCD, have often
seen it move through holding yards and apiaries.
We've also seen it move from bees brought in from one state to bees in
another state - when the introduced bee colonies were set down beside colonies
already in the receiving state's beeyard. Again, we first saw this in 2006, and
have seen it happen over and over - put CCD colonies in a yard with non-CCD
colonies, and you are likely to see many of them collapse. Keep in mind, we
DO NOT see every colony in a CCD beeyard collapse, but we see a few, than
more, until only a few are left. In some cases, it takes them all out, but
more often, it will take out 50-80% of the colonies in an apiary before its run
its course. In some cases, the beekeeper has picked up the survivors from
several beeyards, placed them all in a common yard. Depending on whether these
are 'survivors' or still collapsing, the next visit is likely to show one of
two extremes - colonies coming back, or all of them dead.
Jerry
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