> >I enjoyed your article
>
Thanks Bob, glad that you enjoyed the article! It was tough to explain such
an arcane subject for a general readership, and in so few words.
>but think you need to add a bit more about the *possible* connection
between pesticides and the bees immune system.
The "Sick Bees" *series* is just that. Article #2 (Colony Collapse) was
only an introduction to the model for colony collapse. I will be covering
each of the factors involved in more detail in subsequent installments.
Pesticides are clearly a health issue for honey bees, but just as clearly
unnecessary for apiaries to experience wholesale colony collapse.
I will be writing more extensively about pesticides and colony health
issues.
Randy Oliver
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