[Pollinator] Bee kills in Ontario

[Matthew Shepherd]

A short report about bee kills in Ontario last spring. The Health Canada's
initial findings are linking the incident to corn seed treatments (corn seed
pesticides were detected in c.70% of dead bees analyzed), but not to the
misuse of pesticides:

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_fact-fiche/bees-incidents-abeilles
-2012-eng.php 

 

And an article on the same issue from Ontario Farmer newspaper:

http://www.ontariofarmer.com/sitepages/?aid=4955
<http://www.ontariofarmer.com/sitepages/?aid=4955&cn=&an=Spotlight%20in%20be
e%20die-off%20is%20back%20on%20seed%20treatments>
&cn=&an=Spotlight%20in%20bee%20die-off%20is%20back%20on%20seed%20treatments

 

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