Bill wrote: "I would personally conclude that there is something 

happening not only to our

bees but also to other insects.  If this is indeed a major problem, 

then if we

can find out what is happening and fix it, it would be a big help not 

only to

the honey bees but also to the many other pollinating insects."



 From my observations of a bus windscreen on which I was a passenger 

through northern France and eastern England: where there are lots of 

small fields, orchards, hedges, cattle, gardens etc there are lots of 

insects. Where there are vast monocultural areas there are very few 

insects.



Chris









             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html