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Reading Bob Harrison's comments regarding the Imidaclopride saga.
I do not wish to go into any detail here - previous mails sum up my
position, but will comment in the following manner.
I have seen "healthy" colonies that were placed onto a sunflower crop
treated with the forenamed material "disappear" - the same colonies just
previously harvesting totally satisfactory Sweet Chestnut honey in
unpolluted forest areas covering several thousand hectares.
Colonies remaining in the Chestnut areas to collect Honeydew remained in
a normal condition - those transported down to the Sunflowers were ruined.
I suppose that it could be the transportation procedure that was the
root problem!
Also, having spent time and money on this situation over several years
now - no other hypothesis has been forward that covers an adequate
explanation - except the common factor is the presence of the molecule
Imidaclopride.
Agreeing with Bob - it would be wonderful to remove this problem once
and for ever.
When the large proportion of farmers are using a toxic material, the
choice of moving colonies to another farm away from its influence are
not present.
Regards,
Peter
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