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Alienor
07-23-2008, 03:44 AM
In Germany we are still fighting and demonstrating against neonicotinoids and Bayer is a step further and has created the next and more toxic class :
http://www.bayercropscience.com/BCSWeb/CropProtection.nsf/id/EN_20080703

it has proven selective for important beneficial insects such as ladybugs, hover flies and parasitoid wasps.
Do you read a word about testing it for bees and the pollen of these treated plants?

Where shall I go with my bees?
In Europe there is nothing like "rural" areas without intensive agriculture, we're surrounded with corn, canola, and all the other poisoned crops....

beepowers
07-23-2008, 07:56 AM
This product review says nothing about whether you will have a pollinatd crop, or not. It just says most anything that lands on a plant will die. (Maybe they figured out that your bees polliiate, then die: leaving you with the cost of replacement - until all the bees are gone.)
When you think about it, do you need lady bugs or other insect preditors if you use this product?
You must realize that there is one thing allways more sacred than the quality of food available to you, and that is chemical company profits.