Thanks for the link I look forward to reading it.
Yeah pesticides of various types are a big issue.
I was at an agribusiness forum the other day where there was a farmer talking from a joint venture between a large family farm company and Kilter Rural (Industry agribusiness investment fund). The farmer was saying that over the last five years he has seen all the “myths” turn into reality as they went organic. Ie less water needed, more production, healthier production and a bunch of other stuff.
If we were going to go ahead with this (the bees) we would want to do it on our own land or land we are confident is chemical free. Not just for the safety of the bees but also the value of being able to say our honey is chemical free.