-- Bob Harrison <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Some updates:
Denis Anderson ( Australia) is looking into CCD and visited the Dave
Hackenberg experiment in the last couple weeks.

>>>That sounds like a band..."the dave hackenberg experement" :)

The Ag corp with the pesticide treated seed paid for research (to prove
their product is not the problem) and did not like the results so
cancelled the funding. (source AHPA insider).

>>>i'd really like to see this documented, as we have heard this kind thing over and over with no data...if it's true, it would be good to have it docuemnted...otherwise it's only rumor.  



Yes the almonds got pollinated but many out of state beekeepers are leary
about shipping hives which are not strong and healthy.

>>>this is the comment that made me respond.  should beekeepers _not_ be leary of shipping diseased colonies all over the country?  should migratory beekeepers _not_ feel that that it isn't good for their business to keep weak colonies?  imho, there should be all kinds of pressure (from farmers, from beekeepers, from the public and even perhaps from state line inspections that will force a whole truck back to where they came from) on beekeepers to not ship around weak and unhealthy hives.

deknow

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