Peter Borst wrote:

> Either show me some facts that conclusively prove 
> migratory beekeeping does
> more harm than good, or else get off my case.

Ditto in regards to the unsubstantiated speculation about 
pesticide residues being the cause of CCD.
  
The Dried Fruit & Tree Nut Association of California,
has a lab in Fresno that for the small sum of ~ $500 can 
screen samples of food (such as honey) for the presence 
of approximately 300 different kinds of pesticide 
chemical compounds at concentrations as low as 5-25 parts
per billion.
http://agfoodsafety.org/laboratory-services-pesticide-residue.htm

Why hasn't this inexpensive pesticide residue screening been 
done?  Especially since the CCD team visited bee yards near
Fresno last spring that had CCD?

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.

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