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Re: Merit related to Colony Collapse Disorder??


I've been concerned about Bayer's Tree and Shrub system that requires 
application only once a year.  Apparently it's a systemic pesticide 
-- imidacloprid.  Margaret L

>GWL:There's been another explanation, too. Seems  that organic bee folks do
>not make cutout plastic templates for the bees to use when building a hive
>while the commercial folks, do. The individual cell sizes of bee hives vary
>according to many environmental and bee-social conditions and they change
>the length of each of the six sides accordingly. But with the template,
>everything is identical and something goes amiss with the bees. Also, Tom is
>correct that ground water all over the country is being continually polluted
>and we've just begun to see the changes that will be wrought down the line..

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