>
> >Ok, but we see pictures of 'holding yards' with literally thousands of
> colonies, no forage and communal feeding using drums of syrup.  Can't be
> sensible, can it?


You also see thousands of acres of monoculture corn and soy, and huge
animal feedlots.  None of these are "sensible," but those growers and
ranchers are still keeping their crops and animals alive.  Same with the
large commercial beekeepers--it is not generally them who are experiencing
the high loss rates, and if they do, they generally know why.

I've heard that there are areas called "cities" in which millions of human
beings live under similar conditions.


-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html