Over the past three years, we've contracted work dealing with  pollination 
of several different highly hybridized, and sometimes GMO crops in  the US 
and Canada.
 
As an OLD farmer, who grew up growing several of these crops or if  not as 
crops, in my mother's large garden; I've noticed an obvious reduction in  
the abundance of pollen, and we've seen scant nectar from crops I had expected 
 to have copious amounts.
 
I've seen enough cases now to begin to wonder how big a facter  this is in 
colony condition.
 
Breed plants for yield, size, color, etc. - forget to check to see  what 
the impact is on pollen amount and quality, same for nectar.
 
Also, years ago, we did some work on bees and cotton.  Those  external 
nectaries would be messy, if you were picking cotton.
 
Jerry


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