Hi Mike-The bee problem seems to be real on my farm. In the past 1979-2012 I had hundreds of bees on my dandelions. This year I have seen a grand total of less than ten bees. No bees on the apple trees.
I suspect a small amount of pesticide is expelled from air planters. "Bees get repeated small doses" of expelled pesticide when it carried by the wind to areas where bees work (each flower they land on results in a very small dose). The small dose turns into a lethal dose as they move from flower to flower (1000's) and pretty soon they become sick and die.
Purdue University did a study and found dead bees in a band around the field which was air planted.
The older mechanical planters retained the pesticide in the seed box and the seed was covered with dirt preventing pesticide from escaping to the air (JD 7000, etc)
What is needed on air planters is an filter that catches all (100%) of dangerous pesticides before they are exhausted into the air.
The exhaust of low levels of pesticides has weakened the immune system of bees and made them susceptible to diseases. Pretty soon they get sick and die.
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