> We who pollinate almonds, where our bees are regularly exposed to
> fungicides, are well aware of this, as we can easily observe the adverse
> effects.  Those effects are generally independent of insecticides, which
> are seldom applied to almonds during bloom.  Time and again, as I read lab
> studies of synergies, I more and more suspect that fungicide/insecticide
> interactions are something that we need to pay more attention to.
>

Agree.

But, as memory serves, one of the issues with at least one the Almond
fungicides was that they were combined with insect growth inhibitor but
only identified as a "fungicide". As I recall that allowed them to be
sprayed close to or during bloom.  So the additional issue is just what
constitutes the "fungicide".

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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