>
>Dear Bee-L'ers - in eastern US and Canada:
>
>     We are doing an informal survey, and would appreciate your
response, if
>you have any info to contribute.  (By e-mail please to
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>1.  What crops in your area need bees for pollination?
CUCUMBERS, WATERMELONS, SQUASH, PUMPKINS
 
>2.  Is the demand for pollination up, down, or stable?
UP
 
>3.  Do you see any difference between real need and perceived (by
growers)
MORE REAL NEED THAN IS PERCEIVED BY GROWERS
 
>need?
>4.  Is the supply of pollinators this spring up, down, or stable?
DOWN
 
>5.  Any other notes, comments, on the pollination situation in
your area this
>spring?
>
 
BILL LORD
>(Checking the industry pulse :)
>
>[log in to unmask]                 Dave Green
>Eastern Pollinator Newsletter   PO Box 1215, Hemingway, SC  29554
>
 
 
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WILLIAM G LORD
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Phone   : 9194963344