Bill Truesdell is under the popular delusion that France is an area where neonics are banned. 
This is absolutely untrue, limitations have been imposed on the use of certain of these pesticides but none are banned and there are plenty left to be used anywhere, anytime, and anyhow.

The law only restricts the use of imidacloprid, clothianidin, and thiamethoxam for seed treatment, soil application (granules) and foliar treatment in crops attractive to bees. They may be used in all other contexts and there are no restrictions on their sale.
Acétamipride et Thiacloprid are used liberally before and during flowering on  fruit and Fipronil is also in use.

I live in a region where a wide variety of fruit is produced, apples, pears, plums, cherries, apricots, peaches etc. are all grown and all treated with neonics. The notion that there is a ban is a myth. It is not at all easy to find a location that is not within flying distance of treated crops.

To Walter of littlewolfapiaries.com , I do not know the area of Leon, but all legislation is national so there are no exceptions.

Bil, France

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