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  • From: Just Bee <marty AT justbeenc.com>
  • To: Blair Christian <blair.christian AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: NaturalBeesinNC AT yahoogroups.com, Orange County Bees <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] A science based look at this spring's almond pollination...
  • Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 11:19:14 -0400

A bit of light reading I see!

I really like Randy...he puts himself down WAY to much though. Non-scientific
studies my bakister. He's very thoughtful and careful with his research. Way
to humble.

I look forward to reading...thanks for sharing.

Thanks
Marty

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On May 2, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Blair Christian <blair.christian AT gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> There is a lot going on in the media, in public policy, and in
> scientific publications about bees right now. I'm not here to change
> your mind, but would like point you towards what I find to be unbiased
> data by a beekeeper that tells a convincing story about the spring
> 2013 bee losses and almond pollination shortages in the media. The
> data used are publicly available for you to examine and critique (it's
> great if you disagree with the data and draw a different conclusion).
> It wasn't peer reviewed, but cites a lot of peer reviewed work. The
> author is Randy Oliver, who is a beekeeper-scientist, whose focus is
> on clear, transparent communication useful to serious beekeepers.
> He's not an academic, and doesn't want to be one as far as I can tell;
> but has been invited to sit of various scientific review boards and
> discloses any industry interests on his website. He runs his own well
> designed (in a statistical sense) bee experiments, with controls, big
> n's, and clear protocols. He also has monthly columns in at least one
> of the bee journals. With that in mind, I invite you to read and
> discuss his take on the spring 2013 almond pollination:
>
> "What Happened to the Bees This Spring?" by Randy Oliver
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzxus2rq3XxPR0ZmTWZMV1h0NTQ/edit?usp=sharing
>
> Best,
> Blair
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