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- From: "Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>
- To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] colony collapse
- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 12:49:47 -0700
There are only guesses as to why the organic hives are
immune. It could be pesticide exposure, other chemicals, greater variety
of flowers, larger cell size, different strains of bees with different immunities
than industry-bred bees, and certainly the lack of stress you mention has been
cited as well. ~ Stephen From:
nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On
Behalf Of Tim Inman It
makes all the sense in the world to me that organic keepers might not have as
much problem with CCD. Some of the pharaceuticals used conventionally on
bees help 'control' mites and other parasitic creatures. Since they are
insects, too, the products are basically insecticides. (I'm a furniture
restorer/hobby farmer, not an ag chemist. Please forgive me if I'm not
technically spot on here.) My understanding is that the beekeeper is
trying to dose the bees as strongly as possible to eliminate the pests without
actually killing the bees. Sorta like chemotherapy for cancer patients,
maybe. This would certainly stress the bees and leave them with much more
vulnerable health systems. I
try to think and operate as 'organically' as I can. I live in the middle
of a giant Iowa cornfield, so everything around me is 'non' organic
farming. But, regardless of definitions, I stay with my original
point: Healthy, happy, non-stressed disease free bees can produce more,
resist disease naturally, and live longer and better. And we do, too, as
a result. Tim |
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[NAFEX] Colony Collapse,
Tim Inman, 04/04/2009
- [NAFEX] link to article on organic beekeeping standards, Stephen Sadler, 04/04/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Colony Collapse, Stephen Sadler, 04/04/2009
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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[NAFEX] colony collapse,
Tim Inman, 04/04/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] colony collapse,
Stephen Sadler, 04/04/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] colony collapse,
William C. Garthright, 04/04/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] colony collapse,
Stephen Sadler, 04/04/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] colony collapse, Kevin Moore, 04/05/2009
- [NAFEX] Persistent herbicides in hay and manure, Hilborn . E, 04/06/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] colony collapse,
Stephen Sadler, 04/04/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] colony collapse,
William C. Garthright, 04/04/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] colony collapse,
Stephen Sadler, 04/04/2009
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