>
> >Last August a new employee at a retirement village where I maintain 7
> hives for the residents, sprayed Roundup directly on each hive including
> the entrance. He was spraying adjacent Crown Vetch. It killed the hives
> immediately and totally.
Thanks for the info Gary. Did you file a pesticide incident report? If
not, please do so at beekill.epa.gov
I will perform a test of straight Roundup on some nucs after almonds--if I
get the same results, we can let EPA know that there needs to be a clear
label restriction.
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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