> (BTW did you note that a big
> package supplier won't have bees this year?)

That would be Schumans Apiary in Baxley, Ga.  It's no secret, thay've
notified all the customers that they cannot meet their orders.  For
those saying CCD is a myth, walk a mile in Schumans' shoes.  Or mine for
that matter.  I suspect when I take final toll my losses will be over
80%.  CCD?  Maybe it's running more hives than I have time to properly
tend (poor beekeeping).  May be mites, can rule out AFB & EFB.  I can
take lots of SWAGS.  I can't say anything with assuredness.  Again for 5
years running, my best bees this spring are the nucs I set up last
summer and did not push for honey production.

I'm currently reading Rachel Carson's _Silent_Spring_ (ironic that she
died of breast cancer, I didn't know that) and I'm being AMAZED that
warnings written in 1962 has continued unabated for four decades since
her death.  I heard a CCD presentation this past Saturday given by
Marianne Frasier.  For those who missed it, surf to
http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/ and read before you leap.  A suspect (no
smoking gun) is neonicotinoids that have become so prevalent in today's
environment.

Alas, still no answers.

Aaron Morris - thinking about throwing in the towel!

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