What does the list think of this?  To far, not far enough?   In Iowa,
registration of bee's is voluntary.   I personally find the hours
interesting, also no strict definition of bloom (any to 100%?). Do any other
states, or countries have similar wording? Again, this mainly effects
soybean plants which flower from mid July to first or second week of August
depending on your area.


Nick


(Taken from a word document.)


*NOTICES *IAB 12/17/08

*ARC 7432B*

*AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP DEPARTMENT[21]*

*Notice of Intended Action*

*Twenty-five interested persons, a governmental subdivision, an agency or
association of 25 or more*

*persons may demand an oral presentation hereon as provided in Iowa Code
section 17A.4(1)**"b."*

*Notice is also given to the public that the Administrative Rules Review
Committee may, on its own*

*motion or on written request by any individual or group, review this
proposed action under section*

*17A.8(6) at a regular or special meeting where the public or interested
persons may be heard.*

Pursuant to the authority of Iowa Code section 206.19, the Iowa Department
of Agriculture and

Land Stewardship hereby gives Notice of Intended Action to amend Chapter 45,
"Pesticides," Iowa

Administrative Code.

This proposed rule making rewrites the existing rule related to the
application of pesticides near bees.

Commercial pesticide applicators spraying within one mile of a registered
apiary shall not spray between

8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Commercial pesticide applicators will need to keep records
of the time pesticide

application began and ended.

Any interested party may make written comments or suggestions on the
proposed amendments

until 4:30 p.m. on January 7, 2009. Written comments should be sent to
Margaret Thomson,

Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Wallace State Office
Building, 502 East Ninth

Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50319; or faxed to (515)281-6236. E-mail comments
may be sent to

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A public hearing will be held on January 7, 2009, at 2 p.m. in the Second
Floor Conference Room,

Wallace State Office Building, Des Moines, Iowa 50319.

No waiver provision is included in these proposed amendments. However, the
Department's general

waiver provisions, found at 21—Chapter 8, would apply.

These amendments are intended to implement Iowa Code sections 206.6 and
206.19.

The following amendments are proposed.

ITEM 1. Adopt the following *new *paragraph *45.26(3)"i"*:

*i. *Time pesticide application begins and ends.

ITEM 2. Rescind rule 21—45.31(206) and adopt the following *new *rule in
lieu thereof:

*21—45.31(206) Application of pesticides toxic to bees.*

*45.31(1) *Owners of apiaries, in order to protect their bees from pesticide
applications, shall register

the location of their apiaries with the state apiarist. Registration shall
be on forms provided by the

department. The registration expires December 31 each year and may be
renewed the following year.

*45.31(2) *Between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., a commercial applicator shall not
apply to blooming crops

pesticides labeled as toxic to bees when the commercial applicator is
located within one mile of a

registered apiary. A commercial applicator shall be responsible for
maintaining the one-mile distance

from apiaries that are registered and listed on the sensitive crop registry
on the first day of each month.

This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 206.6(5)*"a"*(3) and
206.19(2).

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