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


Most mosquito spraying, at least in my area, is done at night. Bees only
fly during daylight hours. Unless the spray truck is blowing the mist
directly on the bee hives or hollow trees it shouldn't affect the bees.
I would bet more on colony collapse disease as opposed to either of the
two you mention.

George