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Re: USDA study links clothianidin to Monarch butterfly decline
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 9 Apr 2015 07:25:05 -0700
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> >As the monarchs are poisonous, because of feeding on milkweed I
> understand, perhaps they are "immune" to insecticides, at least in low
> doses.


Although the glycosides in milkweed are chemically different than alkaloids
such a the neonics, you are correct in that insects that normally feed on
demonstrably toxic plants may be predisposed to produce CyP450s for
detoxification.  Has anyone seen any info the Monarchs in this regard?

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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