[Pollinator] Is CCD really just starting in 2005/2006?Previouswork on imida

[Hayes, Jerry]

The short answer may be yes. Honey Bees have been negatively impacted in
the last decade or so by introduced parasites the tracheal mite and the
varroa mite. These mites, varroa in particular from Asia, vectors
viruses which impact immunity. Now beekeepers have to control these
parasites with chemicals added to the hive environment. There is an
introduced predator, the Small Hive Beetle, from South Africa which has
a labeled chemical control. Honey Bees forage in a 2-2 1/2 mile radius
of their colony and bring back a variety of environmental toxins and
agricultural toxins with the nectar and pollen they feed on directly and
store in the colony. Beeswax is a chemical sponge. These chemicals are
absorbed into the wax and have a 24/7/365 influence on the colony. What
are they doing synergistically as they mix in the beeswax matrix? Honey
bees are fed artificial diets that may not meet their nutritional needs.
Honey bees as the keystone, foundational pollinator specie of
Agriculture are loaded on Semi's and truck all over the US. I do not
really know what stress is to a Honey Bee but this may be it. Are Honey
Bees the Canary in the Coal Mine? Should we be paying more attention to
them and other pollinators as they may be trying to tell us more than we
are listening for?  Jerry Hayes

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From: pollinator-bounces+hayesg=doacs.state.fl.us at lists.sonic.net
[mailto:pollinator-bounces+hayesg=doacs.state.fl.us at lists.sonic.net] On
Behalf Of Black Cat Honey Waite
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:12 AM
To: pollinator at coevolution.org
Subject: Re: [Pollinator] Is CCD really just starting in
2005/2006?Previouswork on imida

After reading this from Victoria and looking at the links and other
googled 
info including stuff from Bayer itself I really wonder if this is not
the 
main cause of the problem with CCD. Could many bee keepers be making it 
worse with the chemical treatments for mites being added to this? I have
not 
had any problem as of yet, knock on a wooden hive body.. I do everything

organic and natural and have really stayed on top of the little mite
issues 
that have come up.

Thanks and TTFN,
Richard Waite.
Black Cat Honey & Products
  413-626-7136
  62 Parker Street
  Winchester NH 03470
  www.BlackCatHoney.com




>From: Victoria MacPhail <vmacphai at uoguelph.ca>
>To: pollinator at coevolution.org
>Subject: [Pollinator] Is CCD really just starting in 2005/2006? 
>Previouswork on	imidacloprid?
>Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:58:05 -0400
>
>I have been following the latest theme with interest, and had been
>wondering when imidacloprid would be raised.
>
>When I was an undergraduate student in 2002, I worked with Dr. Jim
>Kemp and Dick Rogers in Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick
>(Eastern Canada) investigating possible reasons (incl. diseases, food
>sources, pesticides, management practices, among others) behind the
>disappearance and overall decrease in honeybee populations in the
>Maritimes.  What had initated their research in the previous year
>(2001) was the concern that imidacloprid, trade name Admire, used in
>furrow in potato fields, persisted in the soil and came up in the
>clover flowers two years later, which then killed off the foraging
>bees.  I believe a similar concern with imidacloprid had been raised
>in France under the trade name Gaucho and used on sunflowers.
>
>My understanding is that beekeepers in the Maritimes noticed in the
>late 1990s or early 2000s that bees were disappearing/dying and
>colonies crashing unexpectedly, with some beekeepers having limited
>losses and some having almost total losses.  They heard reports from
>France of the similar symptoms, said that that was their problem too,
>accused imidacloprid and the producer (Bayer), who then got Jim and
>Dick involved in the investigation.
>
>I found an old newspaper article on-line saying essentially the same
>thing: May 25, 2002 - National Post,
>http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/02-05-27.htm.  You could probably find
>other sources too.
>
>The background information I had heard and learned about in 2002, and
>in 2003 when I was only peripherally involved in the project, sounds
>just like what is supposedly only just happening this year in the US.
>Now, I am new to the field and may be way off base, but to me this
>sounds like the same thing, so why are most of these reports saying
>this is a new phenomenon, happening either only this year or maybe
>last year too?  Are these two different problems/scenarios, or is the
>media just having a field day with it this year?
>
>Anyway, just another thought to mull over.
>
>Victoria MacPhail
>
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>MSc Candidate
>Dept. of Environmental Biology
>University of Guelph
>Guelph, ON  N1G 2W1
>vmacphai at uoguelph.ca
>lab) 519-824-4120 ext. 56243
>fax) 519-837-0442
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