> What we do know about California beekeepers -- and I have heard them talk
> about it in person -- is that some are using massive doses of farm
> chemicals in off-label treatments.  These chemicals are very toxic to bees
> and it is not surprising that they are seeing bee loss.

I guess I will have to go to California and speak to those beeks about the
error of their ways! If the above is true ( which Randy has hinted at in his
articles) the California beeks are casting a bad light on commercial beeks
everywhere!

Kind of reminds me of a Johnny Carson show I watched years ago.

Johnny Carson was doing a show with the president of the California Hells 
Angels and
Johnny asked Sonny Barger:

"Is it not true that you ride into a town , take over the town, scare the
towns people, break up the town, urinate in public and break
most laws."

Sonny Barger replied:
"Always a few bad apples in every crowd."

I think the use of illegal treatments by a few does not reflect the whole
industry.

I think Sonny Barger went on to say a few of the Hells Angels MC  sang in a 
church choir which my father told me at the time he did not believe for a 
minute!

bob

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