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Re: Almond Bloom in California
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T & M Weatherhead <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 17 Feb 2004 17:45:39 +1000
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The manufactures don't give any
> label
> warnings for bee kill but they sure blow a few over.

Are you sure it is the fungicide that is killing the bees?  There is a
published paper from New Zealand that shows that wetting agents will kill
bees.  So if they are putting wetting agent in the fungicide that could be
the problem.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA

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