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Brian Ames writes:
> Of course the obvious question is was there more then two organic
> beekeepers? Many of us are skeptical as a self diagnosis might be
> involved in this so called scientific sampling or survey.
In watching the blasting back and forth here, I've marveled at just how
rarely these "obvious questions" get asked.
There doesn't seem to be any central registry keeping track of these
things, and pretty much all of the data seems to be anecdotal or at best
sampled in ways that don't lead to statistically meaningful conclusions
for beekeeping as a whole.
CCD seems to be an epidemiologist's nightmare. Not just because of the
large number of possible causes, or the potential conflicts with various
interests, but also because many (most?) beekeepers don't seem
particularly willing to publicly share details of what they're doing.
There doesn't seem to be any momentum toward treating this as a public
health issue where everyone involved _should_ be keeping track and
sharing information.
Even where there's decent data on hives that suffered CCD, there isn't
great data on hives that didn't. Did neighbors have the same
experience? Different? What was different?
Right now, it seems like the answer is just "don't stress out your
hives" - which means different things to everyone, and is often beyond
our control.
Thanks,
Simon St.Laurent - Recent arrival
http://simonstl.com/
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