I guess we had better get out of Iraq in a hurry. Mites have previously killed all the wild bees in forests. Now the bee keepers are losing theirs to suppressed immune systems. In one case it looks like Zyklon-B for mosquitos is not such a great thing to spray on bees. Do you suppose Zykon-B Phosmet or malathion could be bad for humans? Duh.
http://news.google.com/news?q=bees+dying http://www.google.com/search?q=bees+dying http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/organic/msg0915220332548.html?8 Hi, I was out in the yard today and noticed there are dead bees on the sedums. One sedum plant had about 7 dead bees on it. It was like they were frozen in place on the blooms. Is this a natural phenomenon or something I have to worry about? Just a few days ago, the plants were covered with buzzing bees. I know neither neighbor to either side of me sprays..they barely mow their lawn. The neighbors across the street don't to my knowledge either. One has a super lawn, but they have underground sprinklers, so that is the reason for it and I never have seen a company truck there, they take care of their own mowing and have never seen any of those signs on anyone's lawn. Being organic I am alert to those things. I did wonder if the town might have sprayed for mosquitos. I have a call in to the town to find out. I went around the yard quickly yesterday counting dead bees...25 dead, 25 that looked like they were almost dead and only 8 bees acting normally.
