Bob says: Myself and another beekeeper watched the CBS program ...we,,,
agree the frame held up by the woman beekeeper Louise showed signs of parasitic
mite syndrome (PMS).
Bob: You make the mistake of thinking that everything shown by CBS had been
seen by the CCD team. The bit with the tearful beekeeper was NOT of any
equipment that my team saw -- I don't know who she was, where she was at in
terms of part of the country, when that bit of video was shot, or who examined
her colonies - if anyone. I am sorry for her loss.
We have occasionally seen PMS, but NOT in the majority of the CCD hives that
we've examined from many different states. My team has visited FL, PA, GA,
CA (three weeks in that state) and have examined hives in CA from WA,
Nebraska, MT, Idaho, PA, MN, and other states. Her hives are not typical of what
we've been seeing.
Jerry
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