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  • From: jedd <jedd@progsoc.org>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] more on honeybees
  • Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 23:39:17 +1100

On Thursday 08 March 2007 9:30 am, lbsaltzman@aol.com wrote:
> I think the post is on to something. The mass trucking of honeybee hives is
> starting to sound like bee monoculture which makes the problems not
> surprising.

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Honey bees tend to remove themselves from mono-cultural practices
by their very nature. Every year they cross breed (well, the most
important boy and girl from a given hive) to produce the fittest new
generation.

The two biggest diseases we used to face here in Australia (yes, I do
understand that it's not kosher to mention what f.country you're
in when you're describing your place of origin) were both foul broods
(A and E varieties). New variations are but a blip on the proverbial,
at least for the time-being.

Jedd.

PS. Anyone who prevents me from getting onto the emergency
mobile phone number by ''trying it out' .. will be haunted by
the ghost of jedds past.




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