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Where have all the Honey Bees gone ? | 33 comments (33 topical, editorial)

Re: Where have all the Honey Bees gone ? (3.00 / 0) (#9)
by Simple serf on Sun May 4th, 2008 at 10:16:27 PM MST
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We had a pretty tough winter here, and 3 of our 4 colonies at the farm died out. All of them were swarms collected fron bees that a friend brings down, and all are varroa resistant Russians. The colony that survived winter is doing VERY well, and should begin to do even better, now that part of the orchard is ready to bloom. We are hoping to catch any swarms we get from this colony (they are Russians...they WILL swarm)

I have heard of numerous issues, However, the only ones I actually belive have to do with mites and pesticides. Not a problem for us, because the orchard hasn't been sparayed in 20+ years.

Interestingly enough, i have seen many more solitary bees this year...I saw 3 different Orchard Mason bees in one week!

Where have all the Honey Bees gone ? | 33 comments (33 topical, 0 editorial)

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