>In advance of any crop, it pays to feed the minute you see a decrease in
buildup plant nectar secretions.

I wholeheartedly agree Kirk!

I just spent the weekend with a group of commercial beekeepers from Calif,
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana--they ran over 100,000 hives among
them.  I questioned all on pesticide issues.  Pesticides were essentially a
non issue to these guys.  They see occasional kills, and lose the crop for
that yard, but merely shrugged them off.

These guys were multigenerational beekeepers, all move to almonds, all make
honey.  None were complaining.

Things are different in different areas.  It sounds like it's tough in
Bob's area.

Re the Russian beekeeper, guys who run over 10,000 hives don't do it for a
hobby.  They do it to make money.  They manage their operation to make
money, not to make a point.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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