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Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:01:52 -0000
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> Half the hives dead in the U.S.?
>
> Am I the only person concerned?
>
> To add there are beekeepers with 75 to 100% losses.(personal 
> communication)
>
> Many commercial beekeepers have been controlling all of the above for 
> decades.

Probably much the same in the UK. Plenty of reports of 50% losses.

I wonder how governments would react if half the cattle and sheep died over 
the winter.

Best wishes

Peter
52.144442, -1.503509
(Thought for the day: Perhaps we need a pesticide that does kill humans - 
they are the greatest pest of all and their numbers are now approaching 
plague proportions) 

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