I seriously doubt that the whole roadside will be sprayed as Roundup is a
general vegetation killer and would open the roadside to severe erosion -- I
suspect that the roundup will be used around guard rails, traffic signs and
the like to ease mowing and trimming labor.
I agree that roadsides can provide the only forage in some areas as I keep
my bees in a heavily farmed corn/soybean cropping system.. Of greater
concern would be 24d spraying that would remove the broadleaved plants from
the roadsides.
Dan Veilleux  Columbus , Ohio  USA
 
At 12:46 AM 12/31/96 GMT, you wrote:
>SEG>The spraying is being scheduled for June and I wonder if anyone has info
>   >on Roundups effect on Apis m. foragers or, possibly,  time-of-day
>   >restrictions we can insist on?
>
>The real question is what it will do for your bee pasture, and all bee
>pasture. Many places in the US are under such intense cultivation that
>the only thing left for any kind of bees during dearth's and between
>cutting of hay is what they can glean along the side the road.
>
>Roundup will turn a one time lush profusion of wild flower pasture into
>a desert. You will also find that when you give permission for one
>chemical that in time they will switch to another and forget to notify
>the public that sometimes will do great damage to the environment.
>
>A better alternative to any public roadside spraying is cutting or
>mowing. If total costs of treatments are considered it can also be
>cost effective compared to chemical treatments. One good law suit
>can wipe out any saving the chemical salesman present to government
>boards.
>                             ttul Andy-
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