> Does anyone have (1) anecdotal or (2) literature references to > anything related to this[foraging from dumps]? Do bees readily collect > honey from discarded honey containers and could this be a recognisable > vector for the spread of honey borne bee diseases? I've heard a story of a beekeeper who lived near a large honey processing site. His bees would raid honey from there, and he had repeated problems of his bees catching diseases. I think he managed to develop a strain that was somewhat resistant to one of the major bee diseases though. -Mike