>many reports of bees ignoring honey plants this year and not thriving. Which is the way things started last year. Does this have to do with CCD or with weather? From what I understood, last year's drought in the midwestern US caused a dearth of nectar in many of the usual honey plants, making them less attractive to bees. Did those conditions affect the same plants' ability to produce this season? Eugene Makovec Kirkwood, MO USA ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************