I received a comment that another beekeeper has the same symptoms I'm seeing
in bees returning from California. 

I wonder if this is going to be a trend and if it could get worse. 


This got me pondering what else has been published in regards to bees in almonds and 

damage documented to bees. 


I came across this (Agricultural Spray Adjuvants) and this has probably been discussed on Bee-l. 

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0040848

Sorry about my first post to bee-l with the link missing. Apparently the listserv
removes linked prose and only puts in links with the http:/ prefix. My bad. 

If you haven't yet seen my sick bees, here's the link. It's enough to take a bit of wind out of the affected colonies and
I'd rather not be complacent. This almond pollination reminds me of what gold miners rushing to California went through
chasing dollars. The miners probably overlooked many negatives to make some money. 

http://youtu.be/ccI05hE8Bkc





 
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