"Ann" wrote in message
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If you watched the
special PBS did on CCD you'd see the scientists astounded to see how
high the virus level is in our poor bees.

There is a movement to get beekeeping back to a more natural state,
but it's hard.

I saw that program and taped it the second time it was shown later in the
week. One of the most interesting things, I thought, was that the beekeeper
who had his hives on the roof of the building in the middle of Paris(?)
France didn't have any signs of these problems with his bees. The only
difference in their environment was that in the middle of the city there
were no pesticides being used in the parks and small plots of private
gardens and flowers within the city.

People around here are buying loads of Mason bees and making wood block
homes for them to winter over. No honey production but great pollinators.
Unfortunately this is only a band aid on the pollination problem, not a
solution to the demise of our honey bees.