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I believe that until the investigators fully include colony collapses
from abroad showing exactly the same symptoms as those listed for CCD,
then the whole picture will never become clear. Agricultural chemicals,
certain varroa and other treatments could readily be dismissed (at
least in my case) where I live in the mountains of Greece and use only
Apiguard. I lost about 30 colonies, most of them headed by that year's
queens. I could put it down to poor mating as we had a cool spring and
maybe there were not many drones flying; I could put it down to the
fresh wax used in each of these colonies - but don't have the means of
analyzing the wax. Maybe the emulsion paint on each of the new colonies
was to blame . . . . but what ever the cause the exact symptoms as for
CCD. Another bee yard 300 metres away no problems - but I retained the
queens in each of these.
As for beekeeping journals, my March issue of the BKQ carries a report,
but copy dates and deadlines don't always allow us to hang around to
wait to see what is happening. News has to be reported as it occurs and
the facts sent to editors (which one tries very hard to verify) have
up to a certain point to be taken on trust. I think we4 all manage
pretty well in not sensationalizing the reports we make in the way that
they appear in the national and international press.
John Phipps
> The scary part to me, is reports that responsible beekeepers,
> practicing
> good management, are experiencing new losses this spring--past the
> point
> that one would expect poor fall forage to exert an effect. I support
> the
> investigation, and hope that the researchers can either discount CCD,
> or
> find the cause.
>
> Randy Oliver
>
>
>
John Phipps
Editor: The Beekeepers Quarterly
Neochori, Agios Nikolaos,
Messinias, Greece 24024
webpage: www.iannisphoto.com
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