Well, I'm not in the mid-West, but in the Champlain valley, according one of the two seed/fertilizer/field services companies that cover the area, all corn seed, unless organic, is treated with clothianidin. Also, I used to buy my garden seeds from a company in New York state. Their corn seed, formerly treated with captan, is now treated with neonics. They don't offer untreated seed. I changed suppliers. Mike But in a previous discussion we had posting > which I think originated from a Bayer response to the neonicotinoids in > corn syrup paper that said that only a small portion of the corn crop was > treated. I am a bit skeptical of this too. I wonder if someone from the > midwest would phone a seed company and ask them how much of the corn seed > they sell is treated. Or maybe our intrepid internet sleuths could post an > authoritative figure and source. > *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm