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Just one other slight problem with OA either as a vapor or trickle. It
has not been approved in the US as a pesticide for bees.
It is unlikely that the trickle method will draw much attention since it
if fairly benign and used mostly by hobby beekeepers. Not so with vapor
which seems to be the preferred method by some commercial beekeepers.
So just add that to the possible complications arising from an accident
with the vapor. The Federal Government will be involved. A quick google
yeilded this...
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*"August 24, 2001
EPA To Seek Penalties From Pesticide Company
<http://www.epa.gov/region01/pr/2001/aug/010825.html>*
EPA's New England office announced that it intends to seek monetary
penalties against a corporation for selling unregistered and improperly
labeled pesticides and pesticide devices. The proposed penalty in this
administrative complaint against the Mansfield, Mass.-based company is
$209,000. This penalty is the largest proposed penalty in an EPA New
England pesticide enforcement case. The corporation sells and
distributes pet care products and specialty chemicals for pond and
aquarium maintenance from its U.S. headquarters on Hampden Road. The
penalty stems from an inspection last March by inspectors from the MA
Department of Food and Agriculture. They collected six samples of
different aquarium and pond pest control products for algae control sold
by the corporation.
These products are regulated as pesticides under the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) because they claim to
prevent or destroy pests, such as algae. Under FIFRA, regulated
pesticides must be registered with EPA before they are sold or
distributed. EPA later determined that these pesticides were neither
registered or properly labeled as FIFRA requires. "This is an example of
inter-agency cooperation at its best and I'm please our inspectors were
able to assist EPA in protecting human health and the environment," said
Jonathan L. Healy, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Food
and Agriculture, which oversees the state pesticide bureau."
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Other checks of the Internet showed State penalties in the area of
$1,000 to $3,000 per incident. Knowing the government, they would try to
make each colony and "incident". So it could be costly if an accident
happens that bring attention to unauthorized pesticide use, especially
with a known dangerous chemical when in its vapor state.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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