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Originally Posted by Iowanian
No idea what happened but there have been crop dusters in the area this month. All I know at this point is that his bees were fine a couple of eeeks ago and now 5 hives are basically dead. They also happen to be the purchased bees and the wild catches are doing ok.
We are learning that wild bees seem to be tougher.
If anyone else is doing this I'd sure like to see pics of your setup.
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Insecticide and miticide are made to kill bugs. I wouldn't know how a fungicide could affect bee physiology but I'm no entomologist.