>
>    Note that the current practice of seed treatment is the opposite: it
> applies chemicals as the first applied option instead of the last resort.
>

In essence, do not treat seed but, when the problems are identified by IPM,
it is too late. Then you are into spray, dust and other more dangerous to
bees types of applications.

If we applied IPM to ourselves, we would stop vaccinations and wait for the
diseases to develop.

So far, in Maine, we have had about four bee pesticide kills and all were
from spray and none from the neonics.

BTW. If you recall, fipronil is a major bee killer and, when soil injected,
will affect bees dramatically. It is a bad actor.Interesting they coupled
it with imid and its cousins.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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