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Macro-Invertebrate Decline in Surface Water Polluted with Imidacloprid

Tessa C. Van Dijk, Marja A. Van Staalduinen, Jeroen P. Van der Sluij
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Maize pollen is taken in much more frequently than beekeepers think:



http://www.moraybeedinosaurs.co.uk/neonicotinoid/routes%20of%20pesticide%20exposure%20for%20honey%20bees.pdf



My...

Evaluation of the nutritive value of maize for honey bees

Nicole Höcherl
Reinhold Siede
Ingrid Illies
Heike Gätschenberger
Jürgen Tautz
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BEEGroup, Biozentrum Universität Würzburg, Am...

The bees in the valley where CCD appeared suddenly had been feeding on maize pollen for years and were thriving.
Bees tend to compensate for low amino acid content by collecting more of the pollen,...

Neonics are neurotoxins, and the nervous system of bees and termites work on the same principles.

If they daze termites enough to stops them from cleaning and grooming it is very likely to stop...

The corn pollen as a food source for honeybees

http://www.scielo.br/pdf/asagr/v33n4/20.pdf

DOI: 10.4025/actasciagron.v33i4.10533
Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy Maringá, v. 33, n. 4, p. 701-704,...

Quantification of Imidacloprid Uptake in Maize Crops

J. M. Bonmatin ,*† P. A. Marchand ,† R. Charvet ,† I. Moineau ,† E. R. Bengsch ,† and M. E. Colin ‡
Centre de biophysique moléculaire, CNRS...

My own observations are backed up by some studies:



http://www.scielo.br/pdf/asagr/v33n4/20.pdf

My experience from keeping bees with fields of maize nearby:

During maize flowering time lots of bees coming home with very large pale pollen packs in during a few hours in the morning.
The...

In a way, yes!


The bees that collect the neonic contaminated pollen & nectar don't 'consume' it, they just transport it.
It's the nurse bees that ingest the pollen and some of that nectar, the...

Hi grondeau

I would be interested in your opinion on this theory:




It would explain why no or very little residue of neonics can be found in CCD hives.

I have done my homework, read the studies and looked at lots of hives, some of them showing all symptoms of CCD.

Of course this beekeeper could be lucky, whoever applied the pesticide might not...

An excellent article, thank you for posting it!

The link at the bottom to the work of Rosemary Mason should be followed up as well.
I was lucky to have Rosemary visit our farm last year, to see...

Hi cerezha

Let me give you an example of how Randy Oliver works, right from the front page of his website:

http://scientificbeekeeping.com/

I hope you have already read the 'Harvard Study'...

I stick with my opinion that this loss was due to neonics.

So if the beekeeper cannot eliminate the source of the pesticide, should he get bees again, just to lose them the same way as this...

Comparative Sublethal Toxicity of Nine Pesticides on Olfactory Learning Performances of the Honeybee Apis mellifera

A. Decourtye, 1J. Devillers,2E. Genecque,3K. Le Menach,4H. Budzinski,4S....

Honey bee survival rate better in west of Scotland


http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/honey-bee-survival-rate-better-in-west-of-scotland-1-2807966

A Spring Without Bees

by Michael Schacker

http://www.amazon.com/Spring-without-Bees-Collapse-Endangered/dp/B0058M8WSW#reader_B0058M8WSW

and here on video:

http://youtu.be/_ge8kFmujv0

I hope that you are aware that Randy Oliver has received funding from Bayer.

Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder: video from Japan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaqPNmk1kZY&list=PL3BEADE9DB257C5D1&index=30

Bee Deaths in France: video

http://youtu.be/9boueJGtLPY

Multiple Routes of Pesticide Exposure for Honey Bees Living Near Agricultural Fields

Christian H. Krupke,1,* Greg J. Hunt,1 Brian D. Eitzer,2 Gladys Andino,1 and Krispn Given1

Abstract
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There's a thread about studies on neonics, maybe you want to have a look there.

I have read most of what's there and quite a few more, cut out the disinformation that's spread by the pesticide...

You obviously don't know me, I'm not easily scared.
I just got fed up with the attitude of most posters on this thread.

As for the ban on the 'Beekeeping Forum' - it was purely a matter of...

Influence of dinotefuran and clothianidin on a bee colony

Toshiro Yamada Kazuko Yamada Naoki Wada

Graduate School of Natural Science & Technology, Kanazawa University
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