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Error Donating Member (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-11-07 07:21 PM
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No Organic Bee Losses?
http://www.informationliberation.com/index.php?id=21912

"I'm on an organic beekeeping list of about 1,000 people, mostly Americans, and no one in the organic beekeeping world, including commercial beekeepers, is reporting colony collapse on this list. The problem with the big commercial guys is that they put pesticides in their hives to fumigate for varroa mites, and they feed antibiotics to the bees. They also haul the hives by truck all over the place to make more money with pollination services, which stresses the colonies."

could this be true? Seems to convenient to be true...
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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-11-07 07:33 PM
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1. I would think that even if you were an organic beekeeper,
your bees might wander into conventional orchards, which would muddy the waters a bit. I've heard rumors that organic bees were affected too, but that doesn't mean much. Wikipedia's article is very interesting -- it raises lots of possibilities, including GMO pollen and new nicotine-based pesticides.
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Error Donating Member (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-11-07 07:36 PM
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2. I'm surprised the cause hasn't been pinpointed yet
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