>> Colonies not fed pollen in CA display the symptoms of CCD. Not true, Waldemar. They are just weak and don't build up early enough for almonds. No Calif beekeeper is confusing this with CCD. Randy, Did you read the article? The beekeeper runs several hundred hives in California for almond pollination. He said bees that were not fed pollen supplements in the fall dwindled by January - old bees would use up their body protein reserves and disappear from the hives [perhaps on a death flight or looking for pollen?]. Perhaps some areas of California get more pollen that others? From what I read, CCD manifests itself in worker force disappearance so the symptoms match. I did not mean to imply that all of CCD is caused by pollen deprivation. Waldemar ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************