Thanks for the suggestion to do a search on Lexis-Nexis. Unfortunately, my apricot tree had no fruit this year - so my immediate fear was realized in a small way. On the other hand, I found an article written by a bee person with an interesting take on the fate of honeybees.. ...

If honeybees are critical to the production of countless varieties of fruits, vegetables and other plants, why haven't I seen a red flag raised on this issue? I found an interesting article which I think leads credance to the idea that pesticide-charged GMOs are poisoning and killing the defense-challenged honeybees. see ...