>The reason for my post is the 50% number that has been quoted as winter
kill for this winter. I know of no official census that arrived at that
number other than Jeff Pettis said so. Where did he get the number?

I would think the head of the USDA-ARS would find it easier to come up with a figure than others.

If you add the number of dead and dinks from last fall the yearly number is serious.

The figure of 4% as the actual number of dead hives being CCD is very suspect. Where did Dennis V. come up with the number? Actual dead outs are counted.

Documented by the CCD working group as CCD is nothing more than a wild guess.


All of those package and queen sellers running ads in the bee magazines are NOT going to tell others about their losses. Jeff pettis would hear but smart enough to keep quiet.



bob










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