No argument from me, primarily because I don't scab up as quickly as I once did.
I went to the University of Illinois web site, because they have an article entitled "Are Honeybees Still in Trouble?" FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 4, 2010
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, they don't answer the question that they posed. grrrr All that we are given is the kind of conjecture that one gets from alcohol fueled school boys. "It is possible that CCD has been in existence for centuries and it just occasionally builds up to a high enough level to cause a problem." grrr grrr
I guess we'll have to wait to see if the almond crop fails, then we'll know if CCD has diminished or increased.
In the meantime, underfunding of American education is becoming shockingly apparent.
On a different note:
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number of managed honey bee colonies has dropped from 5 million in the1940s to only 2.5 million today. At the same time, the call for hives to supply pollination service has continued to climb. This means honey bee colonies are trucked farther and more often than ever before.