from "Catch the Buzz":
> Just to repeat, the primary indicator of CCD is "lots of brood, but few bees, and no dead bees in the hive". If you have a dead-out with "dead bees but no brood", you can't blame CCD.
Hmm. But what if the colony collapsed after the brood rearing shut
down? Or are we to suppose that never happens?
--
Peter L. Borst
******************************************************
* Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: *
* http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm *
******************************************************