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Re: the fact that certain lindens are toxic to bumblebees
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Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 19 Jul 2013 08:36:21 -0400
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> The Oregon Dept. of Agriculture has not yet announced whether this Hillsboro kill was likely caused by the neonic or high toxicity of the nectar of that particular Linden tree.

The point being that Xerces had no interest in the fact that linden trees, especially certain species *and* in especially in drought conditions, are highly toxic to bumblebees. Instead they were all over this story for its publicity value in their crusade against neonics. Further, it shows once again that natural substances can be just as harmful as manmade ones.

Pete

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