[ExI] Neonicotinoid pesticides 'damage brains of bees' reports

[BillK]

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:03 PM, spike  wrote:
> Thanks BillK.  Are you the one who posted about a month ago from a beekeeper
> friend?  He commented that he hadn't heard of any reports of major bee
> shortages.  The question is, what forum would such reports be seen?  The
> beekeepers I know of do not hang out on the internet.
>
>

Possibly, but it wasn't a bee friend. Just official reports.
The bee status varies from state to state.
See USDA Honey report for March 2013.
<www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/fvmhoney.pdf>

Apparently there is a known shortage of bees in California this year.


BillK