>>Temperatures in the 120F. range. thousands of hives died on
locations not close to water. Severe drought and lack of pollen &
nectar..
A California beekeeper writes in the latest ABJ, that colonies die in
California unless fed pollen in the fall. Colonies not fed pollen in
CA display the symptoms of CCD.
Waldemar
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