neonicotinoids EPA, Dan Rather reports

[MichaelW]

Dan Rather has come out with an informative, factual explanation on the status of neonicotinoids as it relates to the EPA.

http://www.hd.net/blogs/bee-aware-september-20-2011/

full video on vimeo: http://vimeo.com/29419200

Highly recommend it!

[MichaelW]

Here is an update to some of the research at Penn State referenced in the above story.

http://www.extension.org/pages/60318...lapse-disorder

You may have seen this article in the August, American Bee Journal and in Bee Culture.

[rkereid]

Here is another link to one of the Frazier's studies.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:...l.pone.0009754

[suttonbeeman]

CALLING BUD!!!!!!!!!!!! Where are you Bud? What is your opinion on this????

[Karen Amelia]

I was very bummed to learn that the treatment of choice against the emerald ash borer is systemic neonicotinoids: mainly imidacloprid, the very thing that's been identified as causing harm to honeybees. Ugh. It's a terrible choice, between keeping ash trees alive and preventing harm to bees. As much as I hate to see the ash trees go, it seems crazy to keep using neonicotinoids when they are known to kill any larvae that eat the leaves, as well as the harm to those that ingest the pollen.