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Poison witches brew?
« on: June 05, 2017, 07:04:27 pm »
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Re: Poison witches brew?
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2017, 08:30:22 pm »
Good read! :yes:
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« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2017, 09:46:01 pm »
Thanks Bill :yes:
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Re: Poison witches brew?
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2017, 09:50:19 pm »
You don't have that in the desert do you? You may be the only one. Lots of Ag down here.

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Re: Poison witches brew?
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2017, 12:02:03 am »
Is that a legitimate article/site?

I noticed at the top of the page it says "Just another Wordpress Site" followed by the banner "Sample Page"

And the link at the bottom had a rather enticing, yet perhaps hyperbolic name: "How the global banana industry is killing the worlds favorite fruit."
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Re: Poison witches brew?
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2017, 08:03:26 am »
"Most disturbing, bees that ate pollen contaminated with fungicides were three times as likely to be infected by the parasite. "
I recently heard some speakers from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln speak.  I think contaminated pollen is where research is going to focus on in the future.  Pollen is the food choice for brood and nurse bees.  They also think viruses can be transmitted by foragers working the same bloom.  A forager contaminated with a virus works a blossom gathering pollen which is then worked by another forager from another colony thus contaminating the subsequent visitors to that blossom.  Very similar to human reaction. (If you are sick you should stay home from work.)

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Re: Poison witches brew?
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2017, 10:02:47 am »
You don't have that in the desert do you? You may be the only one. Lots of Ag down here.

We do in many areas with huge fields of vegetables grown year round using irrigation and huge sprinklers, but not within my bees areas of forage.
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