Hello All,


> "Pesticides can't be an explanation for why organic beekeepers are losing 
> their colonies," Berenbaum says.

I have never heard of Berenbaum  but being an organic beekeeper ( I think he 
is painting U.S. organic beekeepers with a broad brush) will not protect the 
organic beekeepers bees from being harmed by a systemic pesticide. It is 
true from my knowledge that the vast amounts of problems happened in row 
crop areas.
Open pasture land hives had few CCD issues (at least in our area).

Which is the reason why I plan to move from row crop areas as soon as the 
summer flow is over. Beekeepers in the boot heel and Mississippi delta areas 
are reporting in one case not a single bee alive and in others fifty percent 
losses and the rest weak. Others the best bees in years!

After the State meetings in March I will contact Randy Oliver and maybe we 
can make heads or tails of what's going on. I believe the beekeepers I am 
talking to are being honest with me.

bob 


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