> Half the hives dead in the U.S.?
>
> Am I the only person concerned?
>
> To add there are beekeepers with 75 to 100% losses.(personal
> communication)
>
> Many commercial beekeepers have been controlling all of the above for
> decades.
Probably much the same in the UK. Plenty of reports of 50% losses.
I wonder how governments would react if half the cattle and sheep died over
the winter.
Best wishes
Peter
52.144442, -1.503509
(Thought for the day: Perhaps we need a pesticide that does kill humans -
they are the greatest pest of all and their numbers are now approaching
plague proportions)
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