Hello everyone, I use imidacloprid regularly, but only spray late in the evening and never spray on the flowers the bees are using. we have four thriving bee hives, all on 1 acre of land. the bees are more than happy, and producing mountains of honey. However, with overhead indiscriminate spraying, yes of course the bees won't be happy Angela from OZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Poulsen" <wpoulsen@pacbell.net> To: "PBS Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 2:57 AM Subject: [pbs] Imidacloprid and the Vanishing Bees > There is a good article in yesterday's New York Times about the scary > bee colony collapse disorder that is happening not only in the U.S., > but in parts of Europe and Central and South America. It discusses > several of the suspicions including neonicotinoids such as > Imidacloprid, which has been mentioned in posts here (and I have used > myself). > > <http://nytimes.com/2007/04/…? > em&ex=1177560000&en=f5ba22e773db984a&ei=5087%0A> > > > --Lee Poulsen > Pasadena, California, USDA Zone 10a > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >