Comments on: Did the NY Times just take a stand on CAFO’s? http://urbanhennery.com/2007/12/16/did-the-ny-times-just-take-a-stand-on-cafos/ Tales of a country girl and her hens. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:21:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Bpaul http://urbanhennery.com/2007/12/16/did-the-ny-times-just-take-a-stand-on-cafos/#comment-530 Bpaul Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:08:56 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2007/12/16/did-the-ny-times-just-take-a-stand-on-cafos/#comment-530 I've held the opinion that overwork, stress, and unnatural crowding are the major factors in CCD for a while now. Folks have poo poo'ed me actually, saying it is a new insecticide being used on crops (probably not helping), or GMO crops (also not helping). But to me, many of the problems bees are exhibiting seem to me to be opportunistic infections that crop up when an immune system is on the dregs. Cool article, thanks for posting it. I’ve held the opinion that overwork, stress, and unnatural crowding are the major factors in CCD for a while now. Folks have poo poo’ed me actually, saying it is a new insecticide being used on crops (probably not helping), or GMO crops (also not helping). But to me, many of the problems bees are exhibiting seem to me to be opportunistic infections that crop up when an immune system is on the dregs.

Cool article, thanks for posting it.

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