Well in South Texas, the bees are alive and well........mesquite is blooming, bees everywhere.....I do know this......in "row crop heaven"......where the acreage of rural area states, such as SE Missouri , Southern and Central Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska.....Central and Southern Indiana...Kansas......places where acre's of cotton, corn, soybeans, Milo, wheat....outnumber the population ........the pesticides sprayed to eliminate pests, weeds, worms, weevils, bugs, aphids, etc etc...are So overdone......that the insect world, is a basic zero. Acres laid to waste except the green crop , inundated with chemical , to stop weed growth , or incest damage. The modern farmer, uses these intensely ..........hand in hand, we see an almost complete annihilation of the Bobwhite Quail in Missouri . Loss of habitat, modern farming leaves no acreage to chance......take out the fence-rows, burn the brush-piles, flatten the water-holding low spots.....make it ALL tillable.....ALL of it.....the only thing we have left are field mice, rats, and varmints......skunks, groundhogs, armadillos, opossums..and coyotes......a scattered deer herd here of there......no pheasant, no quail ......even the rabbits are becoming scarce.....THAT is saying something...but the FARM LOBBY, is bigger than the conservation offices and regional observation points...think of how long it takes, an ecosystem to re-establish ........re-introduction of "critters" is not gonna fix it.....you better start supporting folk like Ducks Unlimited, and like minded folks who are using their funds to buy land......and keep it , the way it is, and out of the hands of the bankers and lawyers....before , as Captain Woodrow F Call says......." I wanna see that country ...before it's gone...before all lthe bankers ad lawyers get it.."...............
