Brian writes > My own little research showed that the Corn belt IA, NE, IN IL southern MN/Wis, MO had few if any credible CCD claims, at least no huge losses this past year or in 06/07. Certainly that region is ground zero for Gaucho coated corn. This is exactly what I have been thinking all along. If Gaucho was the culprit you would expect to see much more severe losses in some areas, like the corn belt and not in other areas, like here -- where there is very little agriculture. Further, if the problem was something as simple as that, we'd know it by now. pb **************************************************** * General Information About BEE-L is available at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/default.htm * ****************************************************