Let us say that the neonics are the cause of all our troubles.

So please help  me through this.

A crop has neonics applied. An apiary is sited nearby. The apiary then is
under the continuing influence of the neonics. You therefore should have
continuing symptoms of pesticide poisoning.

So do all the beekeepers who claim neonics are the problem have large kills
every year, which I would think would happen, or do the success rates vary
from year to year, which, all other things being equal (Varroa and nosema
control), they should not.

The French beekeepers said that the losses were large and continuing when
pollinating sunflowers, which would be expected from continual stress and
which helped lend credence to banning Imid.

The losses among the most vocal anti neonic beekeepers seems to be more
cyclic, but am happy to be corrected.

Also, it appears that all beekeepers in an area do not suffer uniform
losses, which would be expected with a common problem. Even Almond
pollinators do not.

Add the most difficult part of the problem, that neonics are not evenly
distributed over all crops and are not on Almonds at all, so how do all
these beekeepers who blame the neonics come in contact with the neonics?
And how do all the beekeepers who have apiaries right next to fields with
neonics even survive, much less those who pollinate canola and seem to do
fine (with all those sub-lethal doses)?

And why are the neonics so selective and zero in on commercial pollinators?
If they were the main problem in beekeeping, all colonies in the US should
be suffering, including Canada, but that is not the case, especially when
it is shown that good winter success comes from Varroa and nosema control.

And if they were the problem with the anti-neonic group, are they still
pollinating crops treated with the neonics? If so...

Anyway, as some of my closest friends have told me, I need help. Please
clear this up for me.

Thank you kindly,

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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