Of interest is a chart of bee kill incidents in Ontario, before and after the stink about neonic seed treatments. http://www.ontariobee.com/sites/ontariobee.com/files/2015-06-18%20PMRA%20Incident%20Update.pdf Note how post-planting incidents dramatically increased as during-planting incidents decreased. Can any Ontario beekeepers on the List explain (backed by evidence) what is occurring? I'm also curious about the wide variation by operation in percent colony losses for last winter: The question that beekeepers should be asking is how those operations at the left end of the curve manage their hives to obtain such low loss rates. Can any Ontario beekeepers elucidate? -- Randy Oliver Grass Valley, CA www.ScientificBeekeeping.com *********************************************** 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