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> Frankly, in IL last summer, I saw very few bee colonies in the  intensive
> corn areas that I visited - the one exception was a couple  dozen hives on 
> a
> trailer parked  by a streamside.  So, it looks like  the beekeepers have
> decided to stay away.


I spent several days in central Indiana two years ago studying the bees on 
blossoms in late summer. The area was practically wall to wall corn.

Not only honeybees, but also many of the wild species were very scarce to 
non-existent, except in riparian areas where there was significant wild 
forage.

Dave
Retired beekeeper
Coastal SC 

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