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[Michael Nave <jmichaelnave@yahoo.com>]

There have been some good studies of pesticide and
herbicide use in the Pacific Northwest, The poisons go
everywhere, into the air and into the watershed.



--- nottke1 <nottke1@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I have far more honeybees (and other bees) this
> Spring than the last several years.  Right now
> standing under my peach, plum, and redbud trees, the
> buzz is almost deafening.
> While I live on a large farm 15 miles WNW of
> Winston-Salem, I am blessed by being surrounded by
> urban sprawl, which means less use of insecticides
> on crops, which is good for my crops.  
> On the other hand, watching the urban-sprawl folks
> exit the stores with the many bags and bottles of
> herbicides for their yards, I wonder where it all
> goes.
> 
> Jim Nottke
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Spidra Webster <spidra@speakeasy.net>
> >Sent: Mar 29, 2007 10:18 AM
> >To: North American Fruit Explorers
> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> >Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Are GM Crops Killing
> Honeybees?
> >
> >
> >On Mar 28, 2007, at 8:54 PM, Donna &/or Kieran
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hmmm... that article says that 60% of the west
> coast bees and 70%  
> >> of the
> >> east coast bees are gone.
> >
> >
> >>     Anyone else have any observations on their
> local bees?  I am  
> >> curious.
> >> Donna
> >
> >I hardly see honeybees anymore.  I saw one this
> weekend and it felt  
> >like a big event.  Some interesting research on
> bees is being done by  
> >Dr. Gordon Frankie at UC Berkeley.  They have an
> Urban Bee Garden  
> >that our local chapter of CRFG was able to visit. 
> They also have  
> >what I feel is one of the best-designed websites of
> any UCB department.
> >
> >http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/
> >
> >His interest is very much in our native bees. 
> While the  
> >disappearance of honey bees definitely worries me
> and I hope science  
> >is able to find out the causes and stop them, I've
> heard from some  
> >that our native bees are actually better
> pollinators.
> >
> >Spidra Webster
> >http://www.myspace.com/meganlynch
> >
> >Berkeley, CA
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