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Re: Bees dying in Florida, Georgia
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Michael Palmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:14:23 -0500
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>  Wild conjecture.  Could it be someone is placing contaminated <nectar> 
> out with the purpose of killing all Africanized bees?


Truly wild conjecture. The problem is too widespread for this scenario.

It sounds a bit like Bee Paralysis virus to me. I saw four or five colonies 
like this, this fall. Dead and dying bees on the landing board and on the 
ground. Many still twitching and with their tongues out. Looks a bit like 
poisoning, but surely it was the wrong time of the year for spraying here 
in the north, and the apiaries effected were widely separated...located in 
two states.
Mike


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