Greetings

Bob wrote:
>SCREENED BOTTOM BOARDS AND TOP ENTRANCES CAUSE FORMIC ACID TREATMENTS IN
>CANADA TO BE FAR LESS EFFECTIVE. See www.mitegone.com


I was in touch with MiteGone and apparently he is encouraging US beekeepers
to make their own formic acid pads, which as far as I know, is illegal.
Here's a little caution:


Off-Road Is Fun, But Going Off-Label May Land You in Jail

EPA and FDA, in cooperation with EPA Regional Offices, USDA, and the state
regulatory officials, have been investigating reports that the
restricted-use pesticide zetacypermethrin (registered by FMC under the
trade names Fury and Mustang) has been illegally applied to 6,458 acres of
wheat in Arkansas and 18,271 acres in Mississippi to control a serious
outbreak of armyworms. Zetacypermethrin is not registered for use on wheat,
and therefore no wheat tolerances are established.

You may remember . . .

F. George Roggy, owner of Fumicor, Inc., of Edina, MN, was sentenced in St.
Paul to 5 years in prison for unlawfully applying an unapproved pesticide,
Dursban, on 19 million bushels of oats used by General Mills in the
production of 160 million boxes of breakfast cereals. The sentence followed
Roggy's November 15, 1994, criminal conviction by a jury on one count of
misusing pesticides, one count of adulterating food, and 11 counts of mail
fraud. Following the prison term, Roggy also received 3 years of supervised
release, including 200 hours of community service in which he will lecture
the community on the hazards of pesticides.

PB

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