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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

How do you raise honey bees organically?

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From: Docshiva@Docshiva.org
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] strawberries and bees
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 13:20:31 -0700

>Are wild bees affected by CCD?  I thought it was the non-organically
>raised
>domestic bees that are at risk.
>Also - does anybody here have a hive in a small lot? We've had a wild
>hive
>on a small plot before, which wasn't too much of a problem, so I
>think a
>managed one should be okay.  But still...
>
>~ Stephen
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
>[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ginda Fisher
>Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 11:04 AM
>To: NAFEX Fruit Explorers
>Subject: [NAFEX] strawberries and bees
>
>I just got some little strawberry plants from "frais des bois".  They
> 
>are beautifully packaged, but I was surprised to see they have  
>aphids.  Not a big deal, I suppose, but plants don't usually arrive  
>with aphids.
>
>(And they even have a very official-looking Nursery License from the 
>
>state of Delaware affixed to the inner packaging.)
>
>Also, I may have honey bees this year.  I haven't had honey bees in  
>years, and maybe I've forgotten what they look like.  These are a  
>little blacker than I remember.  But they are about the size, shape, 
>
>and fuzziness of honey bees.  Could the wild bees be making a  
>comeback, even in the face of CCD?
>
>
>Ginda Fisher
>Eastern MA, zone 6
>
>
>
>
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