Jim Said:

One hopes that Dr. Otis will be spared disparagement like the use of the term "tiff" to describe an honest effort to merely fact-check and correct the attempt to selectively present information.



Do you think the media or special interest groups will stop selectively presenting information? Good luck!

http://www.honeycouncil.ca/images2/pdfs/2015_CAPA_Statement_on_Colony_Losses_July_16_Final_16_30.pdf



is full of information. If someone will study the tables and numbers can find the gaps that threaten the beekeeping industry in various regions in Canada. As indicated in the report bee colony losses may be attributed to one stressor, or a combination of interacting stressors such as weather conditions, poor queens, weak colonies, starvation, and the spread and lack of effective treatments for bee diseases. Of course exposure  to pesticides is another factor. These possible causes provide a good example  "How many ways you can skin the cat"!!!! However what we see most of the media would focus on one aspect of a special interest that is pesticides. This is the media job. For real people who are interested in helping bees need a way to focus on the whole picture. Otherwise, the risk of delivering answers will be completely off base.  Overall we need  addressing the problem as a system. Even the unknowns must be considered. Following this system clearly is helping many beekeepers in staying on the top of their businesses. True as Dr. Otis mentioned "Beekeepers make additional colonies during the summer to make up for dead outs during the following winter". However one aspect is overlooked is that the bottom line for bee mortality has been reduced in many oprations. Thus the balance will make up for an increase in number of colonies. This brings us back to the annual colony losses "the bottom line" has to be improved. Otherwise beekeepers can't build up their numbers and stay in business. Please go back and look at the whole picture,  the whole caboodle, the whole enchilada, go the whole nine bee  yards.



Medhat Nasr

Edmonton, Alberta Canada.

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