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Posted by
kimmsr 4a/5b-MI (
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Sat, Jan 19, 13 at 6:43
| Numerous studies appear to implicate many of the common household poisonous sprays in the decline of our pollinators. Some may find this from the University of Minnesota interesting. |
Here is a link that might be useful: About bees
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| Besides the mites and such that have weakened and killed bees badly, we now have those things mentioned in the link. While there are some seed treatments that farmers use, they are in smaller doses, but a whole field of it might add up. It looks like park and garden treatments are the heavy concentrated users. |
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| I recently read that the widespread use of the product called Conserve was possibly at the root of the problem. Conserve is a biological spray which results in a disease in insects. The insect becomes instantly paralyzed and dies. While this might seem like a godsend product, when you spray entire fields for one problem and unknowingly end up causing a worse problem, then you have the beginnings of serious issues. DDT was one of those miracle products. Conserve can be used sensibly where it is specifically targeted toward certain insects, but widespread aerial spraying is probably not one of the application methods. |
RE: About Bees
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| Conserve, spinosad, is one part of the problem not the problem. The article talks mostly about the neonicotoids like imidacloprid, systemic poisons but every insecticide contributes to the death of those pollinators we need to help provide the food we eat. |
RE: About Bees
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| Anyone who is so inclined can let the EPA know of your concerns by signing a petition against clothianidin. |
Here is a link that might be useful: petition
RE: About Bees
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| Here in our area of WV we're not having bee problems. We have almost no large scale agriculture other than cows, sheep and goats grazing on manure fed fields. And there's lots and lots of public forest land (our county's population is 4 people per square mile). The bee populations are fine (I have friends with hives, and they've told me as much). The bee keepers here, anyway, think this points to man made inputs rather than even the mites as the culprit in reduced populations. |
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