Brian Fredericksen wrote:

> I'm curious, do you or have you kept bees?
> I can't help but wonder if you speak as a defender 
> of bees or a defender of the farm chemical
> business sector?

Not bees, but I do actively raise and study other pollinators 
(butterflies) as a hobby while at the same time making a 
living selling farm chemicals.  So I've had considerable field 
experience witnessing how benign or harmful farm chemicals
can be to target and non-target (e.g. pollinators) insects.  

Naturally I'm curious as to whether or not the CCD phenomenon
might or might not be legitimately linked to farm chemical use
and so I joined this list to keep abreast of the situation.

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.

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