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Fri, 6 Jun 1997 15:41:30 -0700
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Marc Sevigny wrote
"Last week, I applied Roundup near my hive in an attempt to keep the
weeds
from blocking the entrance.  The following day, I notices that I has
several
hundred dead and dying bees near the entrance to the hive."
 
I applied roundup the day I read the post, so was interested to see if I
killed any bees. All are fine and I applied it to a group of weeds
beside several hives. So something else probably was resposible.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, ME
 
 
Are the fumes from Roundup responsible?

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