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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 2559" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>I had hives right up in the mountains this year that did absolutely nothing and fell to bits as well. Nothing to do with sprays, just a crappy season. Bees absolutely can get poisoned but there are a lot of other reasons why they fail to thrive.</p><p>Years ago you had to be an idiot to keep hives around the orchard areas of Hastings and even brief visits for pollination work was very risky for bee health. Integrated pest management and more care lead to a number of years where beekeepers got some amazing honey crops in these areas. Crops in these areas are now way down but that is due to gross overstocking, not spraying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 2559, member: 207"] I had hives right up in the mountains this year that did absolutely nothing and fell to bits as well. Nothing to do with sprays, just a crappy season. Bees absolutely can get poisoned but there are a lot of other reasons why they fail to thrive. Years ago you had to be an idiot to keep hives around the orchard areas of Hastings and even brief visits for pollination work was very risky for bee health. Integrated pest management and more care lead to a number of years where beekeepers got some amazing honey crops in these areas. Crops in these areas are now way down but that is due to gross overstocking, not spraying. [/QUOTE]
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