Continuing with-

http://www.birc.org/SeptOct2008.pdf

Also in the IPM article is the answer to the question that has come up
fairly often here on the BeeL- "After Imid was banned in France, what
happened?"

Pressure from the French bee-keeping industry led to a ban on the use of
> imidacloprid on sunflow-

ers and corn, but honey bees con-
tinued to die. Finally, in 2004
France also banned the pesticide
Regent®, which has the active
ingredient fipronil. According to
Schacker (2008), the bees started to
recover in 2005 and even larger
numbers were seen in 2006

Fipronil is not a neonic but it is extremely toxic to bees, and guess what-
it is used on corn. In fact all over corn including seed coating. It is
also a systemic. It is used on potatoes, sprayed in fact. It is recommended
for Almonds, but not sure if it is used there.But it is used on many fruit
and vegetable crops. It is in a sugar syrup bait for red ants in
California. It is all over the place. It is placed out for bait for bugs to
take back to their nests (shades of pencamp M). It has sub-lethal effects
on bees that have nosema and causes bee deaths.

http://tinyurl.com/c8rxsko*

*It is used in the UK.
*
*And when it was banned in France.......

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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