>Maybe we need to breed pesticide resistant bees.

We have been, especially to fluvalinate and coumaphos!

>I always find suspect information when the only source is the maker of a
product "Remebee".

Which is why the manufacturer is running field trials, performed by
objective and skeptical beekeepers and researchers, such as Hackenberg,
Mendes, Dr Wayne Hunter, myself, and Dr Eric Mussen (the latter two
especially skeptical).

Dr Mussen and I spent the afternoon today discussing my observations of the
California trial.  As I've posted before, pesticides, moving, or varroa were
not issues in this trial.  But we were easily able to create CCD-like
collapses by feeding a virus cocktail.

I checked the yard two days ago, and found most colonies that hadn't already
collapsed to be building well and making honey.  Two colonies were still
struggling to get their populations going--two frames each of mostly sealed
brood, but barely enough bees to cover.

I'm still blinded, and can't yet say whether the treatments worked, but will
let you know as soon as I am able.

>
>  >I bet "remebee" will not be a cheap treatment (unless reverse engineered
> by alab for beeks).
>

The manufacturer is planning for it to be economically worthwhile.  Unlikely
to be reverse engineered. Not planned as a "treatment," but rather as a
prophylactic.

Randy Oliver

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