andrea young wrote: > Even if this [atrazine herbicide] does not directly link to CCD, > perhaps those of us in the beekeeping community should be > asking the question of how it might be affecting our stock going forward. Andrea, to my knowlede, CCD is not more prevalent in the corn and soybean belt of the upper midwest where both atrazine and the neonicotinoid insecticides are widely used. Atrazine was especially widely used in the 1980's and 1990's, long before CCD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AtrazineUSAMap.png Syngenta, the maker of atrazine, questions the credibility of several university studies which suggest atrazine causes developmental problems for amphibians: http://www.atrazine.com/Amphibians/atrazine_amphibians.aspx http://www.atrazine.com/Amphibians/atrazine_amphibians_research.aspx Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. *********************************************** 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 Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L