Jerry

I wonder if you could give some pointers on what to tell beekeepers who
believe they have experienced the Colony Collapse. So far as I know, there
is no specific pathogen associated with it (speculation: aspergillus). 

Would you advise destroying combs? I believe you have already said to avoid
putting good bees into hives that collapsed. So the question remains: what
to do with the equipment?

If the disorder has primarily to do with the honey bee immune system, then
one can't really justify the expense of destroying combs. What is the
recommendation at this point?

Peter Borst

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