<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">John Purdy</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnrpurdy@gmail.com">johnrpurdy@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 6:59 AM<br>Subject: Fwd: [New post] Honeybees and Corn 2016<br>To: Laurie Adams <<a href="mailto:LDA@pollinator.org">LDA@pollinator.org</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr">Here is an important observation from a beekeeper in western Canada. It helps to build confidence in what I found in my recent bee health study. perhaps it is worth posting. (a section is a mile square or 640 acres)<div><br></div><div>John<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Alberta Buzzing</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donotreply@wordpress.com" target="_blank">donotreply@wordpress.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 10:40 PM<br>Subject: [New post] Honeybees and Corn 2016<br>To: <a href="mailto:johnrpurdy@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnrpurdy@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><u></u>
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Lee Townsend posted: "I had a yard of 40 hives on a quarter section of treated corn this year, and it is interesting as I am not seeing any of the effects on the bees that groups like the Ontario Beekeepers Association claims to take place in this situation. My bees are of th" </span>
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<h2 style="margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.8em;font-size:1.6em;color:#555;margin:0;font-size:20px"><a href="http://albertabuzzing.com/2016/09/honeybees-and-corn-2016/" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2;text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">Honeybees and Corn 2016</a></h2>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">I had a yard of 40 hives on a quarter section of treated corn this year, and it is interesting as I am not seeing any of the effects on the bees that groups like the Ontario Beekeepers Association claims to take place in this situation. My bees are of the same species that are in Ontario, the corn is treated the same way as it is in Ontario, and the planting was done the same as in Ontario.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">Leads me to think the problem is not neonics, but beekeeper management. It is truly unfortunate that the Ontario Beekeepers Association and groups like it refuse to admit what exactly they are doing with their colonies, with proof to back up their claims.</p>
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<strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://albertabuzzing.com/?author=1" target="_blank">Lee Townsend</a></strong> | September 4, 2016 at 8:40 pm | URL: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://wp.me/p5JjBC-1X" target="_blank">http://wp.me/p5JjBC-1X</a> </div>
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