On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:53:53 -0400, "Rachael Simpson"
wrote:

Where I live, we are surrounded by turkey and hog houses: literally - the
closest "people" house is 1 mile away. The bees have all disappeared around
here too. Now the powers that be at the turkey & hog houses have to put out
fly bait for the flys. The last couple of years the flys have increased
while the bees (of all varieties) have decreased. Could it be that the flys
have become immune to the bait while the bees have become susceptible to it?
Or might it all be stemming from where the county sprays for the 'skeeters'?

just my musings.........any opinions?

Rae


Nah. When was the last time you checked varroa drop and how do you
deal with it? - bet your problem lies there and nowhere else. It does
with so many other people.