permaculture

[Allan Balliett <aballiett@frontiernet.net>]

It is often said that natural raised hives, especially hives that are 
not transported for commercial pollination, are essentially exempt 
from CCD. (They, of course, still have problems with varroa, and what 
not. but they are not having the sudden die-off, leaving hives that 
are uninhabitable by wax and honey scavengers.

Anyone have any insight into this?

I'm asking: is this a plight of industrial beekeeping or is it 
affecting bees across the board?

Thanks

-Allan Balliett