>>I said in an earlier post to Mark that AHB genetics *could cause* a large scale absconding but not a hypothesis I personally buy into as the reason for last years CCD. Have they seen absconding swarms in CCD yards with suspected AHB? In those cases, have they seen a lack of robbing by other bees or a reluctance by wax moths or SHBs to enter the abondoned hives? Waldemar ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************