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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Thanks Medhat for the forward. A great new piece highlighting the prevalence of pesticide in the agricultural landscape out of the Krupke lab.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Victoria Wojcik, Ph.D.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7f7f7f">Research</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7f7f7f">Director</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7f7f7f">Pollinator Partnership</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">Toronto ON</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">e: <a href="mailto:vw@pollinator.org"><span style="color:#595959">vw@pollinator.org</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">c: 647-546-3890</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">Head Office</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">423 Washington Street, 5<sup>th</sup> floor</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">San Francisco CA 94111</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">t: 415-362-1137</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959">w: <a href="http://www.pollinator.org/"><span style="color:#595959">www.pollinator.org</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThePollinatorPartnership"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D1BF1B.3E5A42E0" alt="cid:image001.png@01CF8022.906D0160"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/Pollinators"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D1BF1B.3E5A42E0" alt="cid:image002.png@01CF8022.906D0160"></span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/PollinatorPartners"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D1BF1B.3E5A42E0" alt="cid:image003.png@01CF8022.906D0160"></span></a><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PollinatorOrg/about"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01D1BF1B.3E5A42E0" alt="cid:image004.png@01CF8022.906D0160"></span></a><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="172" height="77" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.png@01D1BF1B.3E5A42E0" alt="cid:image005.png@01D04B5B.43C697E0"></span></a><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </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""> Conference for Can. Assn. of Professional Apiculturists [mailto:<a href="mailto:CAPA-L@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA">CAPA-L@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Medhat Nasr<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 03, 2016 6:29 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:CAPA-L@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA">CAPA-L@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Non-cultivated plants present a season-long route of pesticide exposure for honey bees</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone, An interesting Nature article “Non-cultivated plants present a season-long route of pesticide exposure for honey bees”.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">From the paper:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">we show that pollen collected by honey bee foragers in maize- and soybean-dominated landscapes is contaminated throughout the growing season with multiple agricultural pesticides, including the neonicotinoids used as seed treatments.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Notably, however, the highest levels of contamination in pollen are pyrethroid insecticides targeting mosquitoes and other nuisance pests. Furthermore, pollen from crop plants represents only a tiny fraction of the total diversity of pollen resources used by honey bees in these landscapes, with the principle sources of pollen originating from non-cultivated plants.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Pollen collected by honey bees was consistently contaminated with pesticides throughout the 16-week period and the overwhelming majority of pollen was collected from noncultivated plants. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Pesticide residue analyses of bee-collected pollen revealed contamination by up to 32 different pesticides spanning 9 chemical classes. The most common pesticide types detected in pollen samples across all sites were fungicides and herbicides. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The carbamates, neonicotinoids and organophosphates were generally less prevalent in pollen than the fungicides and herbicides. Although a variety of agricultural pesticides were found at all sites, the contaminants likely to provide the greatest hazard to honey bees in our study were non-agricultural pyrethroid insecticides targeting nuisance pests such as mosquitoes. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Bees from all colonies in our study collected the vast majority of their pollen from non-crop plants even when pollen-producing field crops were abundant in the landscape, suggesting that pollen from these crops is not a preferred food source.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy!</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Medhat</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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