<div dir="ltr"><div>While I agree that the data does not support the CBD conclusion, I also think it is somewhat strange to switch from discussing the number of bee species declining and counter it with CCD not being widely found in honey bee colonies anymore. Honey bees are far from the only species of bee, and <i>Apis mellifera</i> is the only species of honey bee in North America. The article seems to imply that not this many species are declining, because one of the problems with one species went away. <br><br>I wish people writing about both sides of the argument understood what they were talking about...<br><br></div>Stephanie<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 8:04 AM, Vicki Wojcik <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vw@pollinator.org" target="_blank">vw@pollinator.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/04/04/scientists-challenge-center-biological-diversity-report-claiming-wild-bees-near-extinction/" target="_blank">https://www.<wbr>geneticliteracyproject.org/<wbr>2017/04/04/scientists-<wbr>challenge-center-biological-<wbr>diversity-report-claiming-<wbr>wild-bees-near-extinction/</a><br><div><div class="m_-5089290026199564419gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#000000">Victoria Wojcik, Ph.D.</font><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Research Director</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Pollinator Partnership</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#444444">Toronto, ON</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">e. </font><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><a href="mailto:vw@pollinator.org" target="_blank">vw@pollinator.org <br></a></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">w. <a href="http://www.pollinator.org" target="_blank">www.pollinator.org</a></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">c.<a href="tel:(647)%20546-3890" value="+16475463890" target="_blank">647-546-3890</a><br></font></span></div><div><br><br></div><div><p style="text-align:justify;margin-left:4.5pt"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThePollinatorPartnership" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><img alt="cid:image001.png@01CFFCDF.5AD133C0" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=588fb37a57&view=fimg&th=1499beb51fabe899&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=85f72e315297f72f_0.1&attbid=ANGjdJ9YhGwQEo9uOben63xThwAqVX3NWL_dwpZhjvdehdNhRTey6TyoGtAz1CtpoDzejTz72HnpjZRyqMdGMk9tFs7THzhzzFgl5xM9ttZwTGHAgiH_PjZGxnFTjWQ&sz=w1600-h1000&ats=1415833650821&rm=1499beb51fabe899&zw&atsh=1" width="32" height="32" border="0"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/Pollinators" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><img alt="cid:image002.png@01CFFCDF.5AD133C0" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=588fb37a57&view=fimg&th=1499beb51fabe899&attid=0.2&disp=emb&realattid=85f72e315297f72f_0.2&attbid=ANGjdJ8NNPT94oM3PhhGbQ_Tbp68yDyOToLtBlZL8gEY5GDTLGWw0vgqYwzZICdNdtwbex6vcihaxWbjkIe5u4dGEuS1JUTKlnywNUYpC5UduZ3xoJ240Ci40bRhK4k&sz=w1600-h1000&ats=1415833650821&rm=1499beb51fabe899&zw&atsh=1" width="32" height="32" border="0"></span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/PollinatorPartners" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><img alt="cid:image003.png@01CFFCDF.5AD133C0" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=588fb37a57&view=fimg&th=1499beb51fabe899&attid=0.3&disp=emb&realattid=85f72e315297f72f_0.3&attbid=ANGjdJ_fVHligbzPfkOn2ikpK4TXX7FAzZnNPdC4X7FM6d4ETQTb5ZyXNnbwoIiybgO1zl_gd8BXsvlPIdADH3ywPjBIvOtZ-fVLadpEDrButCV6lB0WOom1S5HYiEE&sz=w1600-h1000&ats=1415833650821&rm=1499beb51fabe899&zw&atsh=1" width="32" height="32" border="0"></span></a><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PollinatorOrg/about" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><img alt="cid:image004.png@01CFFCDF.5AD133C0" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=588fb37a57&view=fimg&th=1499beb51fabe899&attid=0.4&disp=emb&realattid=85f72e315297f72f_0.4&attbid=ANGjdJ-73iOwd76apUAb-R3LqJiHKjuTob8izWQvL3oQ8JlFfb_E6agti3N3v0dFZQ0Bt5B8e3CjvOKhTaybbwul3G2vgVBFWeOZhXAukmID7JMNGgEywGAOARRZS3A&sz=w1600-h1000&ats=1415833650821&rm=1499beb51fabe899&zw&atsh=1" wi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