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Bill Said: "Add CCD to the list and it becomes the newest culprit. Bob's
observation of the beekeeper on the CBS show confirms it. It was probable
Varroa but now it is CCD."
At risk of beating a dead horse, no one from the CCD team inspected the
'probable' varroa hives shown on the CBS show. Also, there is a clip of me
pointing to a bee with damaged wings, but that doesn't mean that we commonly saw
this symptom. The news crew spent a couple of days shooting video, cut and
pasted down to a very short show.
As per calling PMS CCD, please don't confuse bits of video shot and chosen
by a news producer with the investigations of the CCD working group. We did
not call see nor proclaim her hives CCD - a news caster found a beekeeper who
lost bees. He or she assumed it was CCD.
Now, Bill is correct in that beekeepers may confuse more common losses with
the CCD syndrome, especially new beekeepers or those who don't go to meetings,
read up on things, etc. We try to screen to be sure that the problem is
not simply mites/PMS.
Jerry
And yes, this is a difficult problem, with many possible interacting
factors. That doesn't mean we shouldn't try to resolve it.
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