On 19-Feb-09, at 4:40 PM, Trevor Weatherhead wrote:
> Brian wrote
>
>> The updated rule limits the application of insecticides labeled as
>> dangerous to bees in areas near
>> registered apiaries around the active foraging hours of honeybees.
>> The applications must occur
>> prior to 8:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m. These times are designed to
>> prevent application directly to
>> foraging bees and also allows chemicals to settle and dry onto
>> plant surfaces outside the primary
>> hours of active bee foraging.
>
> What happens to those bees working before 8am? The rules look like
> a step in the right direction but need some working on to make them
> prcatical.
>
>
Hi Trevor Brian and all
And with daylight savings time my bees are foraging heavily up to 9PM
in late June. I am at 44 degrees north while Des Moines and Cedar
Rapids are at 42 degrees north but still with sunlight well after 6PM.
Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W
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