On 13/12/2010 11:49 AM, Bob Harrison wrote:
> CORN is worthless to beekeepers. Takes up land which used to contain
> clover ( at least every forth year before ROUNDUP). The pollen is the
least
> nutrition of our Midwest pollen.
>
> My bees in areas of corn do poorly both during the honey flow and the
> next winter. Dwindle and die in many cases. The problem started with
the
> use of the neonicotinoids.
Food for thoughts: MY questions to the list:
- how do the farmers respond and get affected if the neonicotinoids
removed from their available pesticides for use?
- Do you think that a farmer will allow a beekeeper to place his bees on
the farm?
- Can we look for a common ground to farmers who use neonicotinoids and
beekeepers?
Medhat
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