> Apiarists are flummoxed over the losses which are
> not being suffered by native, wild bees.
Note: “not being suffered by native, wild bees”
Conjecture: something in or on the crops is
wrecking the commercial hives.
Another thread speculated on GMO crops, esp.
those with pest-resistant mods.
Bees are insects, no?
And you think that "wild bees" don't also "pollinate around" among crops, either GMO or otherwise??? If that were the explanation, they would be affected too.
The more likely explanation is that this is some or other "bee disease" to which the native American wild bee and the "Africanized" honeybee are resistant. These kinds of thing happen regularly in nature.