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[Lisa Almarode <lisaalmarode@yahoo.com>]

Varroa mites are bad but beekeepers are dealing - the problem is 
getting, slowly, under control.  This is new and very sudden.  But 
native bees are not affected, I have heard.  I have lots of other
bugs besides honeybees in my flowers.  I don't think pollination is 
at an end... although things like commerical almond farming could 
take a huge hit.  

--- Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net> wrote:

> It is highly unlikely that GM crops are harming honeybees.  Honeybees
> are always included in extensive studies of potential impact of each
> GM cultivar.  If there is a negative impact on bees, the cultivar
> would be destroyed and never released.  
> 
> The real threat to honeybees in the US and Europe is the imported
> Varroa mite.  It is devastating.



Lisa in Ashland Oregon
USDA Z7 - Sunset Z7 - 1800' - 19" annual rainfall


 
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