Imidacloprid and the Vanishing Bees

Imidacloprid and the Vanishing Bees
Angela (Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:29:23 PDT)

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

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