Author Topic: Agriculture Department suspends data collection for honeybees after Trump budget cuts  (Read 853 times)

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Offline Lady luck

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This is absolutely true.  Every beekeeper that I know has experienced losses.   The pesticides we use in the agriculture industry and around our homes have created serious issues for the bees.  Not only are they toxic to the bees, but they create an environment in which detrimental parasites are allowed to thrive and multiply in the hive.  Gone are the days of organic beekeeping.   My grandpa NEVER treated his bees with anything.  Try that today and you wouldn't have any bees to keep.
Exactly.  We have some day lilies around  here and they attract the bees and butterflies. We don't spray our flowers with anything.