>"Anderson said 15 to 20 percent of his bees used to die in a year"

You mention Jeff Anderson.  Jeff is an excellent beekeeper for whom I have
great respect, and with whom I speak regularly.  In my trial for Remebee in
which we created CCD in a yard of healthy colonies by inoculating them with
a strain of IAPV, that strain was isolated from Jeff's operation.


> >I sit in the midst of corn country and have experienced probably the best
> winter survival ever with 2% loss in an outfit with 400 hives wintered over
> here in MN and south of MN.


Thank you for this field report Brian!  We certainly hear from a few very
vocal beekeepers about their recurrent losses. In order to get a balance
view, I'd be very curious to hear from others in corn/soy country as to
whether others are able to keep healthy colonies despite exposure to the ag
chemicals.  Lurkers, please speak up, or email me off list!

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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