Brian Fredericksen wrote:
> I think it would be great since sytemic insecticides just sound like a 
> bad idea. Who needs the endless studies if ethically it sounds like a bad idea and we care about 
> pollinators.
Systemic insecticides have been around for more than 40 years. They 
actually are better for the environment since they target the insect 
that actually harms the plant. Most of the major bee damage has not come 
from systemic insecticides but from powders/granules that the bees treat 
like pollen or direct sprays.

It seems that most of the Imidacloprid finger pointing started from a 
beekeeper who thought that might be the problem, not from the CCD group.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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