> In TX, the beekeeper had lots of honey, so he took the lids off the
> hives, pulled up a honey frame, and left them open for two weeks 
> in sunny, warm weather.  NADA, no bees at all.

> In FL, CCD colonies had no beetles or wax moth.

What about other sugar loving insects such as ants, yellow jackets
and cockroaches?  Are we to believe some unknown thing in the 
CCD deadouts repels all food infesting insects for several weeks?  

Just imagine the practical implications if such a powerfully repellent
chemical really existed (could be used in fruit packing plants,
candy factories, cinnamon roll bakeries, around trash dumpsters
and so forth).

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.

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