>So here is a further question: Of the original sightings of the malady,
very early on, before compensation was available, what proportion may
have been true CCD (with the full set of four symptoms- loss of
workers, high brood to worker ratio, no robbing, no attacks from pests)
vs. "CCD" (the longer more diffuse list of lookalikes)?
If memory serves me correct, I think it was the USDA guy over CCD who said that less than 5% of dead hives met the symptoms to be classified as CCD.
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