On Wed, 30 May 2007 10:21:46 -0700, Paul Cherubini <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Brian, is the assumption that pollinators are in serious >or substantial decline due to industrialized farming >practices real or imagined? like what habitat and food sources would pollinators find in a sea of corn and soybean where the roadside ditches are sprayed with herbicide so the farmers can bale it? hey its called a bee wasteland. National Academy of Sciences Report titled Status of Pollinators in North America (2006) http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309102898 please read this and tell me i'm blowing smoke... ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************