[Pollinator] Fwd: [New post] Honeybees and Corn 2016

[Laurie Adams]

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From: John Purdy <johnrpurdy at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 6:59 AM
Subject: Fwd: [New post] Honeybees and Corn 2016
To: Laurie Adams <LDA at pollinator.org>


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)

John
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From: Alberta Buzzing <donotreply at wordpress.com>
Date: Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 10:40 PM
Subject: [New post] Honeybees and Corn 2016
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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"

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<http://albertabuzzing.com/?author=1> Honeybees and Corn 2016
<http://albertabuzzing.com/2016/09/honeybees-and-corn-2016/> by Lee Townsend
<http://albertabuzzing.com/?author=1>

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.

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.


*Lee Townsend <http://albertabuzzing.com/?author=1>* | September 4, 2016 at
8:40 pm | URL: http://wp.me/p5JjBC-1X

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