form the Sierra Vista Herald
http://www.svherald.com/

Dee Lusby: "I'm not seeing the problem with the honeybees I keep, but
then I am an organic beekeeper. Why? Because healthy, happy bees don't
need any additives. You want a natural sustainable beekeeping system.
To me the disappearing disease is a last stress factor that causes our
bee colonies in this country and other places in the world to collapse
due to increased dependency of many artificial management ways today
that simply don't work."

Reed Booth, The Killer Bee Guy in Bisbee, said his hives are full and
it's been business as usual. "I think the problem is with the European
bees," he said. "Producers ship their hives all over for pollination
of crops. That's a stress on a colony. They are more susceptible to
disease. That's why the Africanized bee was brought in — to help build
immunity."

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