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Peter de Bruyn Kops <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:02:11 -0400
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>Without
>further data I can only guess that the thinning mechanism is by killing all
>pollinator around ;)

An apple grower near me uses SEVIN for apple crop thinning several weeks
after bloom ends, so the mechanism is not by killing the pollinators.

It is my understanding that bees exposed to SEVIN die before returning to
the hive.  This 'feature' would make it better than insecticides that come
back to the hive to poison house bees, brood and comb.

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