> > >Ok, but we see pictures of 'holding yards' with literally thousands of > colonies, no forage and communal feeding using drums of syrup. Can't be > sensible, can it? You also see thousands of acres of monoculture corn and soy, and huge animal feedlots. None of these are "sensible," but those growers and ranchers are still keeping their crops and animals alive. Same with the large commercial beekeepers--it is not generally them who are experiencing the high loss rates, and if they do, they generally know why. I've heard that there are areas called "cities" in which millions of human beings live under similar conditions. -- Randy Oliver Grass Valley, CA www.ScientificBeekeeping.com *********************************************** 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