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Re: Fiprinol
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Bil Harley <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 16 Oct 2014 04:08:20 -0400
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>   Pressure from the French bee-keeping industry led to a ban on the use of
>> > imidacloprid on sunflowers and corn, but honey bees continued to die.
>> Finally, in 2004 France also banned the pesticide Regent®, ..........

This is grossly misleading as imidacloprid was not banned until 2004 so there was no reason for bees not to "continue to die". As stated the ban was on seed treatments for Sunflower and Corn; it did not however extend to foliar applications.

Bil, France

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