[Pollinator] Pollinator Digest, Vol 2122, Issue 1

[Carrie McLaughlin]

Bumble bees have similar gut microbiota.

"Glyphosate perturbs the gut microbiota of honey bees"
https://www.pnas.org/content/115/41/10305


Carrie McLaughlin
TEXAS POLLINATOR POWWOW, coordinator
https://www.facebook.com/texaspollinatorpowwow/
www.texaspollinatorpowwow.org
carrie at texaspollinatorpowwow.org
682-459-1684 (c)



On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 2:00 PM <pollinator-request at lists.sonic.net> wrote:

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>    1. HERBICIDES vs. INVASIVES (Barbara Passero)
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> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 23:28:18 -0400
> From: "Barbara Passero" <bpassero at meadowmaking.org>
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> Cc: "Jean M. Devine" <jeanm.devine at verizon.net>
> Subject: [Pollinator] HERBICIDES vs. INVASIVES
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> Hi,
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> MS4B has submitted a proposal to plant pollinator patches and bring back
> bobolinks to the largest meadow of a 70-acre conservation area.
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> The teens (15-19) in our summer youth work & learn program will plan the
> gardens and plant the plugs and plants. Teens will also serve as citizen
> scientists, tracking the weather, noting the wildlife they see, recording
> youth activities, etc.
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> The area has been overrun with invasives?Black Swallowwort, Bittersweet,
> others. The landscape contractor intends to use herbicides that he says are
> safe on the property sometime in the spring. The invasives have to go, but
> I?d hate to have toxic chemicals sprayed where I?m trying to attract
> pollinators. I don?t want to seem obstructive either. I need more practical
> information from experts, so I?m writing to ask for your suggestions.
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> Thank you for any help you can give. Check out website
> www.meadowmaking.org for program information. Let me know whether you?d
> like to know more.
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> Sincerely, Barbara
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> Barbara Passero, Director
> MEADOWSCAPING for Biodiversity
> 174 Moody St. #244
> Waltham, MA 02453
> Office: 781-209-0052 Cell: 617-999-9546
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> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 07:51:47 -0600
> From: David Inouye <dwinouye at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Pollinator] Weed killer residues found in 98 percent of
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> https://www.ehn.org/weed-killer-residues-found-in-98-percent-of-canadian-honey-samples-2632384800.html
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> Dr. David W. Inouye
> Professor Emeritus
> Department of Biology
> University of Maryland
> College Park, MD 20742-4415
> inouye at umd.edu
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> Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
> PO Box 519
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