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- From: annallys Goodwin-Landher <annallys AT hotmail.com>
- To: Cole Rizki <colerizki AT gmail.com>, OCBA <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [ocba] Dead bees?
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 14:22:33 -0400
Check the bees for a stinger, if none then you know they were visited by an animal.
Otherwise it's likely chemicals. Outside possibility, they were robbed. With the growth of corn and soy on the agricultural land in the counties it's very possible they were exposed to drift or got that good ole safe, we aren't responsible for bee deaths neo nics in the pollen of flowers or GMO's. Annallys 919 933-9109 annallys AT hotmail.com Four years after the bees are gone, humanity is gone. Albert Einstein From: colerizki AT gmail.com Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 14:02:41 -0400 To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [ocba] Dead bees? Hey all, I came back from a three week vacation to find literally hundreds of dead bees strewn around my four hives (pictures below of dead bees). I took a look with another bee keeper today who thought someone might have sprayed chemicals nearby. Other bee keepers thought perhaps it was an animal visit to the hives. The bee populations in two of the hives were also very weak whereas before I left for vacation all four hives were very strong. Does anyone have any insight into what might have happened and/or what I should do at this point? We live out in Durham County until this coming Mondaywhen we will move into the city, so there's lots of chemicals being sprayed on crops in a 3 mile radius, so I wouldn't be surprised if this was from chemicals. I appreciate all of your thoughts in advance! Thanks, Cole _________________________________________ ocba mailing list | North Carolina Beekeeping| http://www.theocba.org/ Manage Your Subscription: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ocba/ |
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[ocba] Dead bees?,
Cole Rizki, 08/08/2014
- Re: [ocba] Dead bees?, Starks, Walter, 08/08/2014
- Re: [ocba] Dead bees?, annallys Goodwin-Landher, 08/08/2014
- Re: [ocba] Dead bees?, Lewis Cauble, 08/08/2014
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- Re: [ocba] Dead Bees?, Becky Manda, 08/08/2014
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