re: bees
John Phillips (phillips@library.ucsf.edu)
Thu, 25 Jul 96 12:45:59 CST
In Message Thu, 25 Jul 1996 09:21:47 -0700,
"Phil Semanchuk" <semanchuk~pj@glaxo.com> writes:
>
>I read a magazine article that said up to 90% of wild bee populations had
>been wiped out by two different kinds of mites and also by hard weather (I
>think the SW US drought and cold winter weather were mentioned?).
>Commercial bee populations have been hurt as well but not as bad. It has
>had serious repercussions for agriculture as many farmers used to relying
>on free services from Mother Nature have had to hire beekeepers to
>pollinate their crops this year.
>Phil
I thought the report I'd heard was bad, but it didn't really click until a
moment ago that I've only seen bumblebees (and no honeybees) this year.
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