>
> The point that I continually try to make is to keep the pesticide issue and
> CCD issue separate.  Pesticides, as well as miticides, are clearly harmful
> to colony health.  But they are not the "cause" of CCD.
>
> Pesticides will continue to be a problem even should CCD drop off the radar
> in a few years.  I feel that it is in the best interests of the bee
> industry
> to not link the two together.
>

Absolutely right, but there are beekeepers, see the subject of this thread,
who are saying the opposite and are accepted as being right. And it is
effective propaganda.

I know many of us try to educate those who ask about CCD and disappearing
bees with Randy's response, but we really need a louder voice.

What is the National Honey Board's position on all this, or the ABF or any
national bee/honey organization?

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine (where we heard the first crickets of the season.)

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