<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Does any one have data on this topic? We should go beyond opinions, I guess.</span></div><div> </div><div><div><div>Dr. Carlos H. Vergara B. <br>Departamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas <br>Universidad de las Américas, Puebla <br>72820 Santa Catarina Mártir, Pue. <br>MEXICO <br>++52-222-229-1524<br>FAX ++52-222-229-1924</div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="" lang="ES-MX"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://carloshvergarabee.googlepages.com/home"><span style="color:blue;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">http://carloshvergarabee.googlemailpage.com/home</font></span></a></span></div></div></div></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; "> <div style="font-size:
12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De:</span></b> Peter Loring Borst <peterlborst@cornell.edu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Para:</span></b> Liz Day <lizday44@sbcglobal.net> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">CC:</span></b> "pollinator@lists.sonic.net" <pollinator@lists.sonic.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Enviado:</span></b> Jueves, 22 de marzo, 2012 11:22:13<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Asunto:</span></b> Re: [Pollinator] for discussion: should honeybees be allowed into conservation/protected areas?<br> </font> </div> <br><br>On Mar 22, 12, at 1:04 PM, Liz Day wrote:<br><br>> I find it hard to imagine that honeybees do not affect bumblebees in places where Bombus forage appears rather scant.<br><br>But it being difficult to imagine hardly makes a strong case
; )<br><br>On the other hand, in my region I find that bumble bees and honey bees forage quite different plant assortments, somewhat occasionally overlapping.<br><br><br>- - - - - - - - - - - - -<br>Peter Loring Borst<br>128 Lieb Road<br>Spencer, NY 14883<br>607 280 4253<br>peterloringborst.com<br><br>I take the trouble to protest against these assumptions, because they are not merely harmless fancies, but theories that are apt to paralyse action and encourage scientific indolence. -- James Crichton-Browne <br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Pollinator mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Pollinator@lists.sonic.net" href="mailto:Pollinator@lists.sonic.net">Pollinator@lists.sonic.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pollinator" target="_blank">http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/pollinator</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>