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.
Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA
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