In a message dated 30/11/2008 23:24:20 GMT Standard Time,
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If the bees are short of good quality pollen, and
if the bees collect corn pollen in its place, than perhaps we might propose
that the difference is simply a substandard diet?
Perhaps the problem is caused indirectly by the use of broad leaf herbicides
that eliminate nearly all plants except the desired crop. This leaves the
bees (and all other pollinators and creatures that live off them) with nothing
but the farmer's crop for sustenance.
Chris
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