On 07/06/2015 11:36 AM, taxed and spent wrote:
> "graham" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 06/06/2015 11:49 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Sat, 06 Jun 2015 20:27:31 -0600, graham > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was going to buy a packet of Post bran cereal the other day but balked
>>>> at the price. It appears to have *doubled* in the last ~3 years.
>>>> Graham
>>>
>>> The grocery store checked commented just today that prices are going
>>> up fast. Honestly, I don't even want to know the details anymore.
>>> Just hand me the bill and I'll pay it. That said, I did check the
>>> price of a 16 oz jar of honey today (no shelf tag, they said it was a
>>> new item). It's a California product and only $5.99! I didn't buy it
>>> because I'd just bought honey from Trader Joe's. Now I'm thinking
>>> I'll return the TJ's honey unopened and buy this one.
>>>
>> Honey prices have increased due to the prevalence of Colony Collapse that
>> has now been diagnosed as the result of nicotinioid sprays.
>> Graham
>>
>
> The number of colonies, production per colony, and total honey production
> are all up. Honey production is up 19% y/y.
>
>
> CCD had NOT been affirmatively diagnosed as due to nicotinioids, and there
> is much evidence to dispute that theory.
>
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>
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Graham

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