Last evening, in our local beekeeper club meeting (SE Alabama), a well informed gentlemen said that recent research of waxes taken from hives from around the US showed up to 43 different chemicals in these waxes. I think he said this research was being done by the University of Florida. I am to receive more information from him on the on-going research. Now, whether or not this is “the” cause or “a” cause of colony collapse disorder is another question.
I had heard that our state is pretty healthy because we don’t allow out of state bees in. A truck transporting bees may stop in the state of gas, but no bees may be off-loaded here.