Andy Nachbauer wrote:
 
   "The California Buckeye tree makes much of the foothill pasture in
central and northern California a poor place to keep bees during its
late spring bloom. It produces a toxin that will kill the bees."
 
   He also gave a lot of other good advice about that plant.  Beekeepers in
coastal regions do not experience the problems encountered by those who
keep bees in the foothills of the Central Valley.
 
                                                Adrian
 
Adrian M. Wenner                         (805) 893-2838 (UCSB office)
Ecol., Evol., & Marine Biology           (805) 893-8062  (UCSB FAX)
Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara           (805) 963-8508 (home office & FAX)
Santa Barbara, CA  93106
 
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*  "Discovery is to see what everyone else has seen,                  *
*         but to think what no one else has thought."                 *
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