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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Two more papers for the list that I know of are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dively, G. P., & A. Kamel. 2012. Insecticide residues in pollen and nectar of a cucurbit crop and their potential exposure to pollinators. <i>Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry</i> 60:4449-4456.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hoffmann, E. J., & S. J. Castle. 2012. Imidacloprid in melon guttation fluid: A potential mode of exposure for pest and beneficial organisms. <i>Journal of Economic Entomology</i> 105:67-71.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Also, it might be worth looking through the references list in “Are Neonicotinoids Killing Bees?” (<a href="http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Are-Neonicotinoids-Killing-Bees_Xerces-Society1.pdf">http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Are-Neonicotinoids-Killing-Bees_Xerces-Society1.pdf</a>), which is a pretty comprehensive review of the literature relating to neonics and pollinators.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Matthew<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Matthew Shepherd<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Communications Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The 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the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>To join the Society, make a donation, or read about our work, please visit </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><a href="http://www.xerces.org/"><span style='color:#0070C0'>www.xerces.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pollinator-bounces+mdshepherd=xerces.org@lists.sonic.net [mailto:pollinator-bounces+mdshepherd=xerces.org@lists.sonic.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ladadams@aol.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 31, 2012 11:26 AM<br><b>To:</b> pollinator@nappc.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Pollinator] List of Neonicotinoid Reseach - please add to it<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This call comes from Buglife in England, and it you want to add studies to the list, please send them both to <a href="mailto:info@pollinator.org" title="mailto:info@pollinator.org">info@pollinator.org</a> and <a href="mailto:Matt.Shardlow@BUGLIFE.ORG.UK" title="mailto:Matt.Shardlow@BUGLIFE.ORG.UK">Matt.Shardlow@BUGLIFE.ORG.UK</a>. We will post this list on <a href="http://www.pollinator.org/" title="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</a> and <a href="http://www.nappc.org/" title="http://www.nappc.org/">www.nappc.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From: <a href="mailto:Matt.Shardlow@BUGLIFE.ORG.UK">Matt.Shardlow@BUGLIFE.ORG.UK</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:ICPBR@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA">ICPBR@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA</a><br>Sent: 7/31/2012 2:42:49 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time<br>Subj: Re: Bee protection group (bumblebee) under fire for failing to fight pesticide "armageddon."<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Here is a summary of recent research into Neonicotinoids, please let me know if there are any significant studies missing.<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Matt<br><br>Matt Shardlow<br>Chief Executive<br><br>Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust<br>First Floor<br>90 Bridge Street<br>Peterborough <br>PE1 1DY <br><br>01733 201210 <br>079 21 700151<br><a href="http://www.buglife.org.uk">www.buglife.org.uk</a><br><br>Conserving the small things that run the world.<br> <br>Fun ways to help bugs! Keen Buglife supporters are running Half-marathons, losing weight and giving up chocolate - all to raise money for Buglife! You too could do a sponsored activity to raise money and it doesn't have to be hard work! How about holding a Big Bug Day at work or school, hosting a cake-bake, or asking people to sponsor you to dye your hair pink for a weekend? Click here to find out more.<br>Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust is a company limited by guarantee, Registered in England at First Floor, 90 Bridge Street, Peterborough, Cambs, PE1 1DY. Company no. 4132695 Registered charity no. 1092293 Scottish charity no. SC040004<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Matt Shardlow <br>Sent: 30 July 2012 21:56<br>To: Peter Kevan; <a href="mailto:ICPBR@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA">ICPBR@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA</a><br>Subject: RE: Bee protection group (bumblebee) under fire for failing to fight pesticide "armageddon."<br><br>In 2009 Buglife did a thorough review of the available scientific evidence of effects of neonicotinoids on insects <a href="http://www.buglife.org.uk/Resources/Buglife/revised%20neonics%20report.pdf">http://www.buglife.org.uk/Resources/Buglife/revised%20neonics%20report.pdf</a><br><br>We have not repeated this recently, but another review is justified. We do also have a summary of post 2009 research but can’t claim it is comprehensive; I can circulate that tomorrow if people are interested.<br><br>For ICPBR members to focus on the scientific data is of course correct, but also significant and relevant to the ICPBR are the regulatory pesticide authorisation processes and the scientific quality and breadth of risk assessment of those processes.<br><br>Currently the risk assessment processes do not include any assessment of the effects of insecticides on wild pollinators, hence formal pesticide approval processes (such as the EU DAR) cannot assure us that the approved chemicals are therefore environmentally safe. This is not just the opinion of Buglife, it is also the opinion of Defra/Fera and the European Food Safety Authority.<br><br>The 2008 Fera/Defra report ‘Are pesticide risk assessments for honeybees protective of other pollinators’ states that:-<br><br>“There are many cases where species are several orders of magnitude more sensitive on a per individual or weight basis than honeybees, e.g. Lepidopteran larvae. Therefore more detailed information on the toxicity of pesticides to a range of species and life stages is required to assess the sensitivity of wild pollinators relative to honeybees.”<br><br>“Given the wide range of plants species dependent on non-Apis [non-Honeybee] pollinators a reduction in wild pollinators is likely to have knock on effects on the plant species pollinated by them, resulting in less forage.” <br><br>“More detailed toxicity and exposure information for a range of species is required for a robust assessment of the risk posed.”<br><br><a href="http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&Completed=0&ProjectID=15390">http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&Completed=0&ProjectID=15390</a><br><br>The very recent ‘Scientific Opinion on the science behind the development of a risk assessment of Plant Protection Products on bees (Apis mellifera, Bombus spp. and solitary bees)’ European Food Safety Authority (2012) report states:-<br><br>“Larvae of solitary bees consume large mass provisions with unprocessed pollen thus, compared with honey bee larvae, they are more exposed to residues in pollen. Moreover, bumble bees and solitary bees may be exposed to a larger extent via contact with nesting material (soil or plants) compared to honey bees, suggesting the need for a separate risk assessment for bumble bees and solitary bees.”<br><br><a href="http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/2668.htm">http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/2668.htm</a><br><br>I hope most ICPBR members can support the call for introducing a range of standard tests of pesticides across a range of non-target pollinator groups. If we can achieve these improvements in the scientific process then in the future pesticides are much less likely to damage pollinator populations.<br><br>Best wishes<br><br>Matt<br><br><br>Matt Shardlow<br>Chief Executive<br><br>Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust First Floor<br>90 Bridge Street<br>Peterborough<br>PE1 1DY<br><br>01733 201210<br>079 21 700151<br><br><a href="http://www.buglife.org.uk">www.buglife.org.uk</a><br><br>Conserving the small things that run the world.<br><br>A year of bugs! This year put a reminder in your diary each month to check out the new Bug of the Month. Go to the Buglife website to find out about a new bug every month! <br><br>Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust is a company limited by guarantee, Registered in England at First Floor, 90 Bridge Street, Peterborough, Cambs, PE1 1DY. Company no. 4132695 Registered charity no. 1092293 Scottish charity no. SC040004</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Laurie Davies Adams<br>Executive Director<br>Pollinator Partnership<br>423 Washington St., Suite 500<br>San Francisco, CA 94111<br>415.362.1137<br><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</a><br><a href="http://www.nappc.org/">www.nappc.org</a><br><a href="mailto:LDA@pollinator.org">LDA@pollinator.org</a><br><br><img border=0 width=239 height=129 id=MA1.1343759145 src="cid:image003.jpg@01CD6FC7.336B56A0"><br><br>Join us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Pollinator-Partnership/48680445464">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/pollinators">Twitter!</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>