NEWARK, Del.—As in any business, farming relies on dependable workers, and every spring and summer farmers look to honey bees to pollinate their crops. In Delaware, fruit crops and many vegetable crops require the pollination help of those industri ous worker bees. During the growing season, beekeepers move their bee hives from farm to farm and orchard to orchard. Farmers hire the pollina tion services their crops require and beekeepers harvest the honey. But this year, a disease patho gen that affects honey bees has caused bee losses of up to SO per cent in Delaware, resulting in BREAKING MILK RECORDS! Lancaster Farming Carries DHIA Reports Each Month! Pfs;f| LANCO I I LIU CONCRETE 1W Uini WALLS WE DO SCS WORK-ALL TTPES OF POURED WALLS • Retaining Walls • Bunker Silos • Manure Pits (eireulsr or rectsngulsr) • Slotted Floor Deep Pits • Footers • Flstwork CONTACT: STEVE PETERSHEIM, JR. P.O. Box 256, Blrd-ln-Hand, PA 17505 717-291-4585 • (FAX) 717-291-4686 LIM • Dump Truck Loads • Spreaders Available Rohrer’s Quality Hi-Cal Damp Lime 88% CCE ENP67 55% 65% 98% NOW ONLY *s®° Per Ton (Picked Up) Registered with PA Department of Agriculture Bee Disease Could Cost Local Growers devastating reductions to populations. “We’re not sure what’s causing this disease condition. Probably, it is a virus,” said Dr. Dewey Caron, University of Delaware Coopera tive Extension entomologist and bee specialist “The only common variable so far is Varroa mites, which may be leaving the bees open to a virus that’s killing them. Bees can tolerate some mites, but the mites make the bees more sus ceptible to a pathogen.” About a third of the food Americans eat comes directly from the pollination honey bees perform, Caron said, so the direct value to U.S. farmers and to con sumers is significant In fact, the agricultural function of the honey -2? Calcium Oxide 41% Magnesium Oxide 6% passing 100 mesh passing 60 mesh passing 20 mesh Lititz, PA* (717) 626-9760 bee is more economically signific ant than the honey. According to Caron, the value of California’s annual almond crop produced with the help of honey bees is more than twice the value of all the honey produced in the United States in any given year. In Delaware, apple, blueber ry, watermelon, cantaloupe, and cucumber crops depend on bee pollination. * • A loss ot 10 to 15 percent of bee colonies each winter to cold weather, food deprivation, and disease is not uncommon, but los ing half of the bee population could be catastrophic to growers in the entire Dclmarva region. D FARM EQUIPMENT 1000 gallon non-hydraußc liquid manure spreader; 46' extra heavy duty eleva tor; Semi road tanker man ure spreader with hydraulic valve and spinner spreader; 800 John Deere self propelled windrower for parts; 46' Zook manure stacker; OMI pickup cush ion spring hitch. 610-286-5530. 1066 black stipe new re built motor, 20.6-38, good condition; 1066 cab, good TA and motor, 18-4-38, 4200 hours; 1466 cab, good TA and motor, 20-8-38, 3900 hours; 240 UIT, good condition, 1000 hours, good rubber; 300 good condition, TA and motor; M good, live hyd., PS; 1811 Cub Cadet, 450 hours, 44’ mower. 717-966-3483. 1100 gal. polyethylene round tank, $225; 10* Papac hammermill, w/7 sieves, $125; tractor chains to fit 24’-28’ tires, $100; 12 sheets, galvan ized tin, 16'Lx38*W, $ 10/per sheet. 717-677-6703. 11 Kinze Interplanter units from older Twinline Planter good condition. 610-837-0847. (1)3000 6 (1)9000 Gal. SS nitrogen storage tanks. 703/639-2262, after Bpm 703/382-0570. 14' Grain Body Dump Truck, 1974 International, 30,000 GVW, PS, Air Brakes, Inspected. $4200 080. (717)369-2540. 15661 NT cab, heat and air, full wt package, 90% on ra dial,TA, out of frame over-, haul, $9500.; 717-922-3365. 15 bushel produce bins, stored inside, $lO/ea. 40 available,, good (or lopes, watermelons, sweet com. 717-532-3360. 16.9-34 or 18.4-34 axle du als, $275; 5' Howse 3pt rot ary mower, $275. 717-534-1253. 1947 JD model B, restored at cost of $1950. New tires, good paint, $2495. Dick Guts hall 717-249-2591 lif ter SPM except Sunday. 1947 John Deere A; Ford BN. 717-336-2497 after 4PM. 1948 Ford truck w/12' flatbed dump body, truck runs, has very little rust on cab and fenders, $5OO OBQ, 410-756-4060 call ;te * | anylime Some documented losses have reached SO percent on the Dclmar va peninsula, though the average in Delaware is 3S percent Both managed hives and wild bees are affected. “It’s a crisis situation.” said Caron. “The devastating loss of bee colonies has an economic impact on agricultural production. Producers must have die bees, so they pay more for bee services from fariher away. That’s if they can find them. This is an expense the consumer will eventually see in food prices at roadside stands and supermarkets.” The U.S. Department of Agri culture is investigating the cause ftUY.SEI PHONE: 717-626-1164 or 717-394-3047 PAX 717-733-6058 Mon., Tueu., Wed.. Fri. 8 AM to 5 PM; Thurs. 7 AM to 5 PM 1979 International 1440 axile flow combine, 2900 hrs., 13', 810 grain head, 843 com head, always kept inside. Nice, $25,000. 814-629-9566. 1980 Tryco 3-wheel sludge application machine, D.D., Allison automatic, 66’ tires, 1750 hours, Moro vacuum system, $14,000 080. 609/894-2849. 1986 Ford 4610 4WD, 52hp, cab w/H&A, 2280 hours, excellent condition, $19,800. (412)627-5287. 1986 GVM Sprayer, Ford 350 4WD, 460 engine, auto trans., AC, 400 gal. poly tank, 45' hyd. booms, shp Honda engine for 2xl Vi product pump, Ravens 440 controller, 35 gal. foam marker, SS Inductor. 410/239-3226. 1990 JO lawn tractor, ex cellent condition, $2,500. Please call between Bam-spm, (717)748-1095. 1994 Alloway power till, HD, 7* rotor tiler w/packer roller, used approximately 100 hrs., $6,500. (410)549-7392. IHC Dump Wagon, 7X14 Metal Body, $450; JD 2R Com Planter, 3Pt. Hitch, $475. (610)488-0723. 20.8X38 Tires on Deutz Power Adjust Rims, 50%, Also Cast Center for Same and 18.4X38 Tires on Deutz Power Adjust Rims, 95%, BF 6L913 Turbo Charged Deutz Diesel En gine in Good Running Con dition, $2BOO. (717)445-6156. 2120 Ford, 4WD, 7588, backhoe, 7109 loader, 450 hours, shuttle trans., $22,000. (717)647-9020 253 White wing disc, good condition, $1,750. Lancas ter Co, (717)548-4190. DISMANTLING FOR PARTS: Just arrived for parts. 2 Case 580 CK back hoes. Lots of good parts BALANDA EQUIPMENT P.O. Box 407 RT 29 Palm, PA 18070. 1-800-322-8030 2 cyl. Lombardini diesel, good condition, starter, al ternator, $1,400. Amos Boiler, RD, Box 101, Co chranville, PA, 19330. (2) Firestone 13.6x38 tires, new (2) Firestone 13.6x46 new Safemark 18.4x34, 50% tread, 16.4x36 Good rich 40% tread 18.4x38 Armstrong 60% tread 218.4x26 Firestone good. (717)968-1208. w ermtr of the virus at their laboratory in Beltsville, Md. But regardless of their findings, this season local growers are being forced to look farther afield fa- a supply of bee pollinators. Caron notes that he knows of two large vegetable pro ducers who are still trying to con tract bee colonies all along the Eastern Seaboard. “It takes one colony to pollinate an acre of cucumbers, a major vegetable crop in this state,” Caron said. “Fewer colonies means economic hardship for growers. It’s a major agricultural consideration in a s'ate where bees ate responsible for $lO million in vegetable production annually.” (2) flail mowers: Mott 1993 & 1994, less than 300 hours, side mount, 74’, complete mount kit for Ford coarse cut Carl Neut zel Services, (410)329-6791. (2) Goodyear 18.4Rx42,10 ply, dyna torque, radial w/ tubes, 45% tread, $350. (412)887-5369. (2) Grove 14' hydro-driven forage wagons; MF 410 combine w/4R (30’row) corn head; MF 300 com bine w/13' grain head; (2) 2-wheel wagon chassis. 717/648-8048. (2) JD 8300 18x7 drills; (3) IH 5100 drills. Zeisloft Used Equipment, 800/919-3322. (2) JD LA tractors, running condition, $2,200 and $1,500. Chester County. (610)495-6170. 2 used Chisholm-Ryder snapbean harvesters w/ hyd. dump wagon, good oond., call 609-691-5097. (2) While 5400, 6R corn planters, $l3OO-$1100; Better Bill 2400 gal. vac uum tank, $3500. 215-348-5514. 2-Wisconsin engines model V 460, V 461; 410-472-2617. 300 Gallon 3Pt. Hitch De mco Sprayer, 45' Hyd. Booms, Electric Controls, Like New. $3800; Chester Co. (610)286-6981. 311 NH Hay Baler, super sweep, 74 kicker, ail like new, $6500. 717/656-1995 leave message, York Co. 3260 Badger Spreader, $2lOO (717)243-5768. 3488 Int, cab, air, good shape, 3 hyd. outlets, good rubber. 410/673-7194. 3PT HITCH HEAVY DUTY, Agrotrend, new rotory mowers, cuts 2* diameter, S’, $950; 6' $1250. 717-672-3139; 610-683-8074. 4020 wide Iron lend, power shift, differential lock, cab, heat, turbo; 717-644-2103 after 6pm. 430 W JD. S/N142467, 5 speed, 3pt, sheet metal good, $3,425. Lancaster Co. (717)336-2031. 4420 Combine, 2408 hrs, 443 corn head, 213 grain head, all very good condi tion; 453 A bean head, like new; $18,000.; 315-364-8522. 4550 Heston centerline baler (same as Case IH), execellent cond., less than 10,000 bales, no thrower, $6500.; 717-922-3365. (4) 70 series AC planting units w/insectide boxes, monitor included slo(Vunit; 2 sets of no-till coulters $5O/ea. Very good condi tion. 717-473-4473. (2) FMC-GBIIO groon bean multi-row harvesters, hydro, 4WD, cab & air, ex cellent condition. 609/935-0348. 489 Ford NH hay bine, nice $4,800., NH 450, 3pt mower $750.; Cub sickel bar mower $lOO., 717-653-5733. 4R JD 7000 corn planter. Roller mill, 3ph motor. 1R FMC sweet com picker, PTO, used on 15 acres. (410)778-1965. 4 Unit DeLaval pipeline milker w/automatic washer, #77 pump, 3hp motor, $1500; 19 sections glass line 4' stalls; 277 NH baler w/kicker, good condi tion. $2575. 717/547-2249 after 4pm. 5000 Gal. fuel tank, excel lent shape; (2) 2500 gal. steel tanks. 410/272-6807. 500 gal. Hard! sprayer for pickup truck, nearly new Honda motor, cab mounted controls w/ acreage counter, good condition. 717/328-3866, 717/328-9516. 509 New Idea haybine, 9', good condition, $3,500. (717)922-3365. 5100 While 4R com planter w/liquid fort. & insecticide boxes. 717/935-2400. a 10' sections of package lers, $5O/ea; 300 gallon poly tank, good condition, $100; 2-stage hyd. unit w/9hp Briggs engine w/ starter, $425 717-534-1253. 6000 lb. towmotor, air tire, runs, no smoke $2500, 3000 lb. Yale, solid tire, LPG, auto trans, runs good, $1800; 3000 lb. AC solid tire, LPG, runs but smokes, $BOO. Call Alan 410-337-3570 anytime. 6070 AC, just overhauled, new paint & batteries, good rubber. 610-932-8999. 6200 Fox self-propelled chopper, 4WD, 5’ pickup head, 3R 30' com head, rebuilt engine and hydro static drive about 1 year ago, shed kept, field ready. 302-492-3688. 64 Forage Blower, JO; New Holland motor driven 68 baler. Suffolk Co., New York. 516/324-9062. 6* Irrigation Pump, 8 Cylin der Chrysler Engine, Runs Goods, 40' Suction Line w/ foot Valve Included. $lBOO (717)633-1239. 7000 JD conservation planter, 6R 30*. liquid tanks, frame mounted coul ters, insect boxes, elec tronic monitor, acre meter. 410/239-3226. T NH 477 haybine, good condition, oxtra knife, guards, $2050. 717-336-6677.
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