On Saturday 14 April 2007 04:00, Peter wrote: > Have you had the losses confirmed as CCD, or is this your personal > diagnosis ? And I would test for what? In any case the symptoms are quite clear-cut. if it was a varroa collapse there would be 1 or 2 frames with (partially canabalized) pupae These frames are clear & empty For me, last fall laying ceased up to 2 weeks earlier than usual (there's even a letter in the archive, I don't claim to have seen the signifigence then) Only 1 person has replied re formic late summer, it sounded like No (CCD) dave ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************