> > Why would such a powerful insecticide not kill a honey bee or a > butterfly? What part of the plant is the insect eating? When time was the insecticide applied? Same questions apply to all pesticides. Sevin is a terrible pesticide for bees, but I have used it many times in the past for cucumber beetles by applying it in early spring as a wettable powder on the first leaves. So the bees are fine. > > Imidacloprid was registered on the basis of the Bayer research *you > posted* which > has largely been proven inaccurate now by the CCD team How has the CCD team proved the data inaccurate? Love to hear from them. Bill Truesdell Bath, Maine **************************************************** * General Information About BEE-L is available at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/default.htm * ****************************************************