I have two hives in my back yard (Palo Alto CA). They are doing great! IMHO, the decline of bees is all related to 'industrial bees', wherein vendors stress t

I have two hives in my back yard (Palo Alto CA). They are doing great! IMHO, the decline of bees is all related to 'industrial bees', wherein vendors stress their bees by trucking them around the country, and expose their bees to pesticides. I know for a fact that pesticides are super-deadly to bees. Twice I've had colonies wiped out by poison spread by one of my neighbors - it is really sad to watch the dead bees pile up in a mass die-off.