In a message dated 01/08/2008 02:21:46 GMT Standard Time,
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Since CCD several
researchers which I could name but will not have *suggested*
(hopefully the right word) that virus is part of our current bee die off (
CCD?).
My money's on CPV. However, it has been around a long time so something
must have changed to produce the dramatic effects that some have observed. One
reads of pollen shortage in late summer as a possible answer. If there's no
food to be had when the colony is attuned to expect some, the bees won't fly
around aimlessly burning off calories; they'll sit in the hive rubbing
shoulders until a scout reports a find. It is in these conditions that CPV is
spread. So climate/weather change may be partly the cause.
Chris
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