> _http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/honey-war-sting-feared-in-beehive
> -poisonings-20120619-20m54.html_
> (http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/honey-war-sting-feared-in-beehive-poisonings-20120619-20m54.html)
>
>
> I will be very interested in seeing the analytical results for
> pesticides.
> Big piles of dead bees certainly look like poisoning.
I guess we can rule out CCD.
> or something that is infective, like acute paralysis virus.
Sorry but I can't buy into the above hypothesis with no mites in Australia.
> I hate to think that someone would go this far in terms of harming
> another beekeeper - if that happened,
Another beekeeper responsible would be my last place to look but I saw two
semi loads poisoned in Texas over a location dispute.
>I hope they find and punish the offender.
me too!
What I know about pesticide kills:
two main types>
1, dead bees outside the entrance and ALL hives effected.
2. Missing forager bees. bees do not make it back to the hive. This type is
hard to figure out.
All hives effected points to a poison. I wonder the time between the last
check of the hives and the hives found dead?
I am due for a call from NSW. I will report when I hear.
bob
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