Hello All,
"but soon I learned that it was a virus. I also learned
> that it was suspected that the virus had entered the U.S. on imported
> bees."
Suspected?
Learned? Virus?( please give source as virus issues since varroa go back
two decades. Nothing new!)
This is indeed a big leap to blame imports. Also even bigger for Brian to
point the finger at the Aussie imports. Which will NEVER be provable so
only hypothesis.
Possible CCD causes:
taken up by aliens
bee rapture
brought in with Aussie imports
Researchers *say* the first CCD was last fall. In Florida the problem
surfaced four years earlier.
Also early reports on the USDA-ARS experiment using Hackenbergs deadouts
and irridated equipment (and Aussie bees ) it seems that they are not
having problems with the hives which were irridated.
We do not need a rumor that the Aussie bees caused CCD. A answer so simple
would have been found already.
bob
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