Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecology Fact and Fiction Bee collapse

2013-06-15 Thread David L. McNeely
Cherubini, the pesticide industry is hardly an uninterested party in the question of whether pesticides are involved in colony collapse. The original article brought up by Tyson is just frantic shouting with no substance, but to turn to the pesticide industry is not an unbiased approach. That

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecology Fact and Fiction Bee collapse

2013-06-15 Thread M.S. Patterson
If you want bee info, a great person to get a hold of is Rusty. http://www.honeybeesuite.com/papers/ She's the director of the Native Bee Conservancy, as well as someone who keeps up on bee research. Another good resource is https://agdev.anr.udel.edu/maarec/category/ccd/ Frankly, time will

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecology Fact and Fiction Bee collapse

2013-06-14 Thread Paul Cherubini
On Jun 12, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Wayne Tyson wrote: > I'd especially like well-informed comments on this article: > http://www.nationofchange.org/worldwide-honey-bee-collapse-lesson-ecology-1371046688 The pesticide industry provides balanced information on the honey bee health issue. For example, i

[ECOLOG-L] Ecology Fact and Fiction Bee collapse

2013-06-14 Thread Wayne Tyson
I'd like some better-informed opinion and references to replicated research on this topic. I'd especially like well-informed comments on this article: http://www.nationofchange.org/worldwide-honey-bee-collapse-lesson-ecology-1371046688 WT