Bob wrote:
>Get a copy of a "A Spring Without Bees" and read. Please!

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> Michael Schacker's "A Spring without Bees" speculates that pesticides are to blame for these bee losses. But most beekeepers and researchers say that pesticides may just be one of several causes, including multiple suspicious viruses, working together to form a lethal combination that kills off bees.

> Agricultural Research Service spokeswoman Kim Kaplan says  "Because we don't know what causes it, we have to have experts in all the different facets" she said, "So we don't have any one scientist who is completely devoted to CCD. What we have is a number of researchers who work on CCD projects either in part or in whole."

> Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer recently told U.S. News & World Report that the USDA doesn't need money for CCD research. "You can always try to overwhelm things with money and hopefully get a better answer. Very, very seldom do you get a better answer; you're just wasting money," he said.

source:
washingtonindependent.com

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