View from on the ground in California--returning from the State Convention.

No sense arguing anymore about whether colony collapses are real.  The 
industry is having a hard time, and many beekeepers are indeed experiencing 
collapses.  Could be CCD, but not critical what percentage due to that 
cause.  Mites, N ceranae, and poor nutrition due to weather are likely the 
cause of many--these are real, identifiable problems, not mysteries.

There is no informed person here who would venture a prediction as to how we 
are going to look come February.

Randy Oliver

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