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NOT THE BEE'S KNEES br> Re: Reid Collins's The Flight of the Bumblebee : /p>

This is no mystery. There is plenty of evidence that it is linked to the use of Imidacloprid, and maybe Fipronil if it is improperly used. Anyway, Europe had this same problem several years ago. Bees basically lose their navigational ability. Countries that banned Imidacloprid had the hive collapse problem go away. Even with this strong evidence that Bayer knew about the problem, because they were admonished in court, for their total disregard for honey bees. Our Department of Agriculture should have known about it, and is still disregarding the evidence from Europe and Canada. Anyway, between Bayer and our Dept. of Agriculture, they decided to allow the chemical use, and take a chance on putting beekeepers out of business.

p>Thirty percent of our food we eat directly or indirectly comes from honey bee pollination. I believe that the main problem is when Imidacloprid is used as a seed treatment, it has enough of a residual effect to contaminate the blossoms, thus it then becomes a honey bee problem, and probably a people problem from crops loss, and who knows how much it ends up contaminating the food we eat. If you want further information go to Answers.com, and type in Imidacloprid, and then tell me somebody besides me should have been able to figure this out. There is a ton of evidence on this site. I have sent this memo to several newspapers, but it appears that nobody has the balls to take on both Bayer, and the Feds. Imidacloprid's main use was as a wood preserver, but the problem appeared to start when it was used as a seed preserver. How come a poor dumb beekeeper like myself can dig up this info, but highly paid feds cannot. br> -- Jim Marshall br> C&J Apiaries /p> p> PAR FOR THE COURSE br> Re: Lawrence Henry's The Color of Golf

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