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Date: | Tue, 8 Jun 2021 13:03:38 -0400 |
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It is highly unlikely that the bee loss is due to black locust, or acacia, as it is known in central Europe.
I produced black locust (Robinia) in the Appalachians years ago and neither heard of nor saw any such issues. Meanwhile, I have some experience with beekeeping in Hungary, where production of acacia honey is a very big business (one-hundred million pounds of acacia from the central European countries). Since acacia commands a premium price, this industry has an annual value of several hundred million dollars - the governments have advanced pest, poison and disease labs, they would be on this. I have seen nothing of the problem reported in the Hungarian beekeeping journals.
Although I doubt the problem originates with the trees (which are uncultivated, growing in vast forests), I don't want to speculate on the cause.
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