Bill wrote: "I would personally conclude that there is something happening not only to our bees but also to other insects. If this is indeed a major problem, then if we can find out what is happening and fix it, it would be a big help not only to the honey bees but also to the many other pollinating insects." From my observations of a bus windscreen on which I was a passenger through northern France and eastern England: where there are lots of small fields, orchards, hedges, cattle, gardens etc there are lots of insects. Where there are vast monocultural areas there are very few insects. Chris *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html