> >Dear Bee-L'ers - in eastern US and Canada: > > We are doing an informal survey, and would appreciate your response, if >you have any info to contribute. (By e-mail please to [log in to unmask]) > >1. What crops in your area need bees for pollination? CUCUMBERS, WATERMELONS, SQUASH, PUMPKINS >2. Is the demand for pollination up, down, or stable? UP >3. Do you see any difference between real need and perceived (by growers) MORE REAL NEED THAN IS PERCEIVED BY GROWERS >need? >4. Is the supply of pollinators this spring up, down, or stable? DOWN >5. Any other notes, comments, on the pollination situation in your area this >spring? > BILL LORD >(Checking the industry pulse :) > >[log in to unmask] Dave Green >Eastern Pollinator Newsletter PO Box 1215, Hemingway, SC 29554 > -- WILLIAM G LORD E-Mail : wglord@franklin Internet: [log in to unmask] Phone : 9194963344