The recent issue of the Journal of Entomology has two articles which  
we have already posted. I would hasten to point out that both of them  
point very strongly to the beekeeper's abuse of pesticides as a very  
likely cause of honey bee decline.

And one of them shows that there is very strong evidence de-linking  
Imidacloprid with the decline. Bees have been thriving in areas of  
heavy IMD use and vice versa, as per this article, as well as  
statements by Medhat and others.

The article by Reed Johnson et al highlights that coumaphos and  
fluvalinate may be a lethal combination for bees. These chemicals  
occur combined in beeswax, and may persist in hives for FIVE YEARS  
after treatment is stopped.

I know people use these products back to back and I have seen them  
BOTH in peoples hives; people who should know better... But now you  
are warned. Better lobby harder for oxalic, folks, and learn to keep  
bees without chemicals

Peter L Borst





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