[Pollinator] One last thought... and I'll be quiet for a while. :-)

[Black Cat Honey Waite]

Could the bees water souce, usually a stream ot farm field run off be to 
blame?? Sorry for so many emails. Hope I don't overload anybody.. Just 
thoughts as they come into my little bee brain.. :-)

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




>From: "Adrienne Brewster" <entomologist at wingsofparadise.com>
>To: "Black Cat Honey Waite" <blackcathoney at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Fw: [Pollinator] One other thought...
>Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:46:47 -0400
>
>I asked a friend who studied Imidacloprid for her MSC degree and she sent 
>over this article (see attached).
>
>- looks like imidacloprid has no mortality effects but may affect the 
>amount of solution consumed by bees and their foraging behaviour.  In 
>general, IM has to be applied at certain times in the season in order to 
>avoid honeybee activity during pollination periods - I don’t know the 
>restrictions well OR if they are actually adhered to by farmers. The 
>question still remains as to whether or corn syrup has trace amounts of 
>Imidacloprid.
>
>
>Title: Bulletin of insectology.
>Continues: Bollettino dell’Istituto di entomologia "Guido Grandi" della 
>UniversitaÌ degli studi di Bologna
>Related Names: UniversitaÌ di Bologna
>Publisher: Bologna : Department of Agroenvironmental Sciences and 
>Technologies, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 2002-
>Subject(s): Entomology --Periodicals.
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>LOCATION: Guelph McLaughlin Periodical Stacks
>
>Status: In Library
>Call Number: QL461 .B556
>Library has: v.55 (2002)-
>Recent issues received: v. 59, no. 2 (2006)
>v. 59, no. 1 (2006)
>v. 58, no. 2 (2005)
>v. 58, no. 1 (2005)
>Number of Items: 1
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Black Cat Honey Waite" 
><blackcathoney at hotmail.com>
>To: <pollinator at coevolution.org>
>Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 11:07 AM
>Subject: [Pollinator] One other thought...
>
>
>>With this IMIDACLOPRID.. it is used alot in corn from what I read, even
>>the
>>seeds come sprayed with it before the farmer even gets it.. What do most
>>beekeepers feed there bees.. a syrup of high frutose corn syrup.. Does
>>anyone know if this stuff transfers into that? the bees sure could be
>>doubling up on the toxin if it does... Just another thought from a lowly
>>bee
>>keeper in a veil. :-)
>>
>>
>>Thanks and TTFN,
>>Richard Waite.
>>Black Cat Honey & Products
>>  413-626-7136
>>  62 Parker Street
>>  Winchester NH 03470
>>  www.BlackCatHoney.com
>>
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><< IM_CornSyrup.pdf >>

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