Hello All, Because of all the different hypothesis on the cause of CCD a horse race was decided on and the beekeeping world will accept the hypothesis of the winner as the cause of CCD. By the time the horses rounded the first turn the Christians horse "Bee Rapture" had dropped out of the race. By the second turn the folks from Roswell, New Mexico's horse" taken up by aliens" had fallen back. As we round the third turn the horse" N. ceranae " rode by Randy Oliver takes the lead. Passing the horse "pathogen" rode by Jim Fischer. As we head for the finish the horse "SSDD" rode by Dann Purvis, the horse "imadicloprid" rode by Dave Hackenberg and the horse "KBV" rode by Denis Anderson remain contenders as we head for the home stretch! bob -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************