I can't speak on ccd, I've never experienced it in my apiary. Most years I have a 100%overwinter success rate. May be because I'm not in a industrialized agriculture area idk. I also think a lot of the large percentage losses that are reported are reported by hobbyist beekeepers who just don't really have a handle on the proper husbandry required to keep bees. There is a ton of misinformation on you tube that leads new beeks down the wrong path. They think they can put them in a box, buy a flow hive LOL, and just turn on the spigot a few times a year. That is a recipe for failure. Bees are like any other livestock they require proper and constant care. One of the many reasons I'm bummed over this lymes, I haven't been able to tend my bees in 6 weeks.
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