>>This summer an amendment was tacked on the existing apiary inspection law in NY State, making registration of bee hives mandatory.

They should really first make the availability of a bee inspector a priority.  My part of NY state has not had a bee inspector since John Moloney retired.

>>...imidacloprid... is 'highly toxic' to certain species including house sparrow, Japanese quails...

I keep Japanese quail for the eggs.  I hope the feed I buy for them is free of imidacloprid...

>>Imidacloprid causes abnormal behavior such as lack of coordination, lack of responsiveness and an inability to fly...

Have they studied what it does in humans??

Waldemar

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