Information about pesticides in pollen is good to know. What is lacking is how to react to the information. The insecticide in my last sample was Amitraz. I had used Apivar strips earlier last year. So I assume that's where that came from. Does that mean I shouldn't use Apivar? Or that using it when I did was improper? The strips were installed in April, in SC and NC. And removed before the pollen sample was collected. But not very long before the sample was taken. It was probably taken in June, by an Apiary Inspector in NY.

Pollen samples are a composite sample from 6 hives in one yard, I think, if I remember correctly.

What do I do about the fungicides and herbicides found in the sample? Stop pollinating blueberries and apples? What effects did the presence of those things have on my hives? How can I determine that?

These are some of the questions that come to mind. Data is nice. What do I do with it? What course of action does it indicate?

Like Charles, no neonics. 

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