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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