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Re: Troubled Bee Colonies Go it Alone

wildhoneybee — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:17:00 -0000

This is an interesting theory, could you please go to PlanBeeCentral.com Michael Schacker's website and contact him about this? Thanks!

Re: Troubled Bee Colonies Go it Alone

packetfire — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:23:53 -0000

The comment about "organic beekeepers" is utterly misinformed.

One need look no further than the journal "Science" for refutation.

"Pesticides can

Re: Troubled Bee Colonies Go it Alone

adamburke — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:26:59 -0000

Organic beekeepers seem to have little or no CCD :

"...no one in the ORGANIC beekeeping world, including commercial beekeepers, is reporting colony collapse... "

[from an email by Sharon Labchuk, a longtime environmental activist and part-time organic beekeeper from Prince Edward Island]

For more of Lubchak's theories on the cause of CCD see: http://www.bushfarms.com/bees.htm

Re: Troubled Bee Colonies Go it Alone

tomglaury — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:44:02 -0000

Here is a great one:

The USDA, according to the Fresno County office of the Farm Service Agency has determined that pollination services are NOT AGRICULTURE, therefore FSA will not consider pollination income for the purposes of obtaining disaster assistance!!!??? NO help for the beekeeper

Re: Troubled Bee Colonies Go it Alone

henwhisperer — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:30:13 -0000

Here's a wakeup call. How about talking about Monsanto and GMO (genetically modified) pollen. I am a beekeeper, have read up on CDC. It is my belief that the DNA from the GMO is jumping species barrier into the yeast that resides in the bees gut and causing the bees to lose their navigation senses. Just another one of Monsanto's dirty secrets.

Re: Troubled Bee Colonies Go it Alone

johnrove — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:53:30 -0000

"Schafer added that his department has