Dave...
 I doubt that you could insist on any time period in this case.
>If it
>were Sevin, or something similar, I sure as the dickens WOULD insist.
>More
>beekeepers should be insisiting, instead of running.  After a while
>there is
>no place to run to.
 
Stuart...
 
Thanks Dave. I think it was Allen who noted the very real danger of
chemical applications becoming routine. Today Roundup, next year,
whatever the Monsanto sales office manages to sell the County.
 
Point Roberts has been spared spraying for the past 6 years after locals
were able to get it declared a 'sensitive'  area.  That law, while still
in effect,  allows spraying a 12 inch roadside swath where the situation
warrants it(whatever 'warrants it' means).
The Point is virtually an island (5 sq. mi. of isthmus attached to the
British Columbia mainland and separated from the rest of the US by
Boundary Bay).
 
There was one listmember who commented on the relative toxicity of
Roundup to other herbicides but I found his explanation a little
technical.  Can anyone explain just how Roundup works(I've been told its
a dessicant), and how it breaks down in simple language.  Perhaps the
fears of those of us who worry about its effect on our charges could be
allayed with a little simple information.
 
...Stuart
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...Stuart Grant,(49degrees N; 123 degrees, 20 min W; elevation 20m;
Strait of Georgia 2k; rural urban combination  in temperate rainforest
setting)
 
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