Well, I have many apiaries in the corn desert of the NY Champlain 
valley. Strong healthy bees here. All corn in the valley has been 
treated with Clothianidin since 2004. 4% loss this winter. Almost all 
losses can be attributed to varroa.

Mike


On 4/5/2012 2:26 PM, Cam Bishop wrote:
>    Yet, even with this mild winter, many beekeepers are reporting very high losses. Some in the 80 -90% range. I suspect, but don't know for certain that Varroa and virus are the culprits. Many are trying to call it CCD but I'm very skeptical.
>    

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