On 28-Jan-13, at 11:30 AM, randy oliver wrote:

> And what does it matter to bees if a corn plant contains neonics-- 
> the only
> part that they eat is the pollen.  A definitive survey recently  
> conducted
> across the Corn Belt and Canada demonstrates that bees are exposed  
> to only
> very low levels of clothianidin in either corn pollen, or canola  
> pollen and
> nectar.


Hi Randy and all

Over 200 reported cases(one case involved 50%of an operation of 1000  
colonies ) of bees being killed during corn planting in Ontario last  
spring.  The same in Germany several years ago as well as several  
cases in Quebec in 2009.  The same chemical was found in bee samples  
in all three cases but Bayer says "it must be varroa".  Neonics may  
be the best insecticides ever produced but they are still killing  
pollinators including honeybees.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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