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Jim Young <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:13:36 -0500
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At 10:19 PM 7/14/2007, James Fischer wrote:

>It was USA NATIVE bumblebees, exported and reproduced ("bred")
>overseas, and then shipped back to the USA that carried the
>European nosema in, escaped from their greenhouses (which
>happens a lot), and thereby wiped out two native species
>of bumblebees.

Bumblebees have disappeared in the McAlester, OK area.  Previous to 
this year, bumblebees were plentiful in my garden pollinating okra 
and squash.  Now, I don't see any bumblebees, only carpenterbees on 
vitex blossoms.  I'm wondering if the disappearance of the bumblebee 
population is the result of the introduced European nosema as 
discussed by Jim Fischer or the severve 2006 drought in Oklahoma.

Jim Young 

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