>
> > I'm not particularly interested in what a beekeeper thinks killed his
> bees.  I am more
> interested in what actually killed the bees.


You hit the nail on the head, Lewis!  There are plenty of clear pesticide
kills, but also other kills unrelated to pesticides (I experienced one in
one of my yards this early summer).

The survey is of value to point us in the right direction (for example, to
cotton for being especially problematic).  Now it is up to beekeepers to
actually document which pesticide residues are in the killed bees, so that
better restrictions on use can be written or enforced.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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