Peter Dillon wrote: a great post

Add to the problem that we in the US NE did have a "warm" early winter 
when bees could have flown from the hives, so there might not be any 
large number of bees in the colony. That is the same thing you would see 
from TM.

However, Medhat's reported bees are still in the hive, then, as Peter 
notes, you have just what you are looking for if they did die from CCD. 
You have a classic "smoking gun" (if it is CCD) and one of the best bee 
scientists in North America on scene. Will be interesting to see how 
this unfolds.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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