its interesting to me that its the right wing media sources that hit the mark on accuracy of the honeybee situation in the USA. this link has both USDA and UN graphs that both show stable or increases in hive numbers in the USA and World http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonentine/2014/02/05/bee-deaths-reversal-as-evidence-points-away-from-neonics-as-driver-pressure-builds-to-rethink-ban/ another fairly accurate portrayal http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/20/flight-of-the-honeybees-commercial-keepers/ *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html