On 11-Nov-08, at 9:24 AM, Peter L Borst wrote:

>
> Either A) they don't have this disorder which nobody knows what it is,
> or B) the list of symptoms needs to be changed.
>

Hi Peter and all
I agree with B
The original symptoms, if I remember correctly, were noticed in the  
south in early 2006.  Our bees in Canada and likely many of the  
northern states, were not opened until late March April or even  
later.  The one symptom that comes to mind is there were no dead bees  
but a small cluster and a queen.  Here we opened our hives with lots  
of dead bees, with a small cluster, which died shortly, or dead  
hives.  The fact that our weather wouldn't let our bees die away from  
the hive doesn't change the fact that the bees were dead.  This is  
not intended to criticize the researchers who made up the original  
list as they had to start somewhere.
\
Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

Bob Darrell

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