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Re: Congressional Report on CCD
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Mike Stoops <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 31 Mar 2007 06:22:31 -0700
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Brian Fredericksen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I found this excerpt interesting....

asparagus, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery and onions? really? 

I think the above were listed not for the food production they represent but for the seed production of these products.

grapes, soybeans and sugar beets? 

I think there have been several papers written concerning the increase in soybean production with the aid of honey bee pollination.  Not that soybeans need honeybee pollination to produce a crop, but that crop production is increased with supplemental pollination efforts.
Mike in LA

 
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