> Greg Hunt talked to the Missouri State Beekeepers in springof 2012, which
> I believe was right before his Purdue study was published. He told us he
> had put his fourresearch hives “right at the edge” of the cornfield. In the
> worst-affectedhive, there were several hundred dead bees out front. It
> rained the next dayand the colonies appeared to recover.
> Eugene MakovecMissouri USA
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We have had hundreds of investigated planting dust incidents in this area:

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_fact-fiche/neonicotinoid/neonicotinoid-eng.php#a23
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_decisions/bee_corn-mort-abeille_mais/index-eng.php

They are not as simple as few hundred dead bees and everything is fine
after a good rain.

In the last couple of planting seasons, spring has come later and planting
hasn't coincided with good flying weather for the bees.  This has greatly
reduced the number of reported incidents.

Adam
Barrie, ON

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