> The crunch comes when the drones are dry, there are always a percentage of
> drones (even those of calibrated age) that are dry, but the problem is
> occurring more often and the percentage of dry drones appears to be
rising.

I hear this statement a lot nowadays and wonder.  With the advent of
Instrumental Insemination, we are now in a position to be able to look at
drones and see how much semen is evident during the collection process.
However, how did we determine before that drones were dry?  If we were not
doing II then we had no way of knowing.

The other aspect is, is it all the chemicals that beekeepers are forced to
use that is the culprit?

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA

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