On 27/04/2015 9:41 PM, Peter Loring Borst wrote:



> Neonicotinoids are used in Australia, where honey bee losses have not occurred.

One is tempted to say it is because of better beekeeping, but I wouldn't 
say that.   Some bods have blamed it for various ills, particularly 
those who work canola, but in fact the reality is beekeepers here unless 
on pollination, do not spend much time on cropping land.  Our build 
country here is some native heath and then followed by straight to honey 
on bushland or further build on some horticultural country.  This has 
occasional pesticide problems as it has changed from dairying to mostly 
macadamia nut growing.  Even so one would only tend to spend a maximum 
of six weeks on country that is likely to have insecticide 
applications.   There have been some problems from spray drift from 
aerial cotton spraying, devastating to the individual, but not all that 
significant in the great scheme of things.

Geoff Manning

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