...but not a Mel Brooks comedy.

http://www.lfpress.com/2013/10/30/pesticide-link-to-bee-deaths-pits-farmers-
beekeepers
or
http://tinyurl.com/opvec7j


The press says that in "Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba", spring losses during
corn and soybean planting totaled:

In 2012, 42 beekeepers reported major losses in 5,800 beehives.

In 2013, 74 apiarists reported more than 6,600 beehives affected.

But note the lack of a count of hives killed.  
Clothianidin (I assume this is the subject pesticide) kills foragers
quickly, so it would be hard to kill a colony with it.

Perhaps more bee-toxic pesticides are a better idea, as they kill foragers,
and spare the rest of the colony.


How 'bout them Sox?
Now its back to hoping the Jets put in Son of Simms.

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