Bob wrote:

>>> He says Australian bees tend to feed on native flora rather than the
pesticide sprayed weeds and crops of US bees.
>
>> * Whoops! Went over the deep end!
>
>Crops I agree with but not so sure about sprayed weeds but I do have
problems with bee kills from weed spraying.

Come on now. Like, they don't spray crops in Australia? The big honey
producer in this country is sweet clover. Is that sprayed?

Most of the honey around here comes from things like black locust, wild
raspberry, basswood, Japanese knotweed, goldenrod, etc. None of it sprayed. 

In San Diego, I used to get eucalyptus, black sage, wild buckwheat, etc.
None of it sprayed. 

The guy obviously knows nothing about US honey plants.

pb

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