On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:04:25 -0400, Allen Dick <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >The article is IMO pure wind, but, unfortunately, newbees Hoover this >fanciful stuff up and then wonder how come their bees are so sad >looking and/or dead, when they could have followed easy mainstream >advice, supplemented their bees`feed when indicated and prosper. Such teaching is based upon the faulty assumption that natural is always better. Natural pollen may in fact be deficient in essential nutrients and/or contaminated by agricultural chemicals. To wit: We have found levels of fungicides in incoming pollen that exceed 20,000 parts per billion (PPB). Some sampies of incoming pollen contained 3-4 different types of fungicides. Fungicides are found so commonly in pollen because they often are sprayed while the crop being pollinated by bees is in bloom. In addition to fungicides, antibiotics such as streptomycin are registered for use on apple and pear for fireblight and are sprayed *during bloom*. GLORIA DeGRANDI-HOFFMAN, DIANA SAMMATARO and RUBEN ALARCON Carl Hayden Bee Research Center ABJ July 2009 *********************************************** 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