Dealing with pesticides

[Stevem099]

Hello everyone,
I don't have any bees yet but am planning to get some Spring next year so spending winter researching and getting ready.
One question I can't seem to find the answer to in my books is regarding pesticides.
Where I plan on keeping my bees is surrounded by crop fields, we know and talk to the local farmer so I'm sure he won't have a problem giving me notice before he sprays, and naming what he will be using, I was just wondering what is the best thing to do when he does? Is it a case of shutting the hives? Moving them? Or would it mean my apiary site isn't suitable? The wind tends to be blowing across the garden towards the fields meaning most overspray is taken away however that is relying on a nice windy day.
Many thanks
Steve

 

[MartinL]

Hello everyone,
The wind tends to be blowing across the garden towards the fields meaning most overspray is taken away however that is relying on a nice windy day.
Many thanks
Steve

So it will carry the bees into the freshly sprayed field?

Try asking him to go organic??

Oh & then duck!

 

[MuswellMetro]

google, bee connected its a long shot but your farmer might be in the scheme

 

[Heather]

Shut in an hour before he sprays (if you haven't persuaded otherwise) and keep them enclosed for a couple of hours after he has finished. Even if the sprays are 'bee safe' they will suffer from a soaking.

 

[Millet]

Regarding wind spread spray, farmers tend to spray or have contractors spray on a calm dry day, you must know how hungry they are and they do not want to waste a drop.

 

[REDWOOD]

Pesticides were called insecticides however they thought we wouldn't think it's their products when bees start dying lol Ask the farmers to spray in the night or don't subject your bees to such an environment and find a green spot. I feel sad for all the other bees and pollinates that meet their death every year in the name of high yield sick plants that can't play their part in nature without being baptised in chemicals


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[Millet]

Pesticides were called insecticides however they thought we wouldn't think it's their products when bees start dying lol Ask the farmers to spray in the night or don't subject your bees to such an environment and find a green spot. I feel sad for all the other bees and pollinates that meet their death every year in the name of high yield sick plants that can't play their part in nature without being baptised in chemicals
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[Stevem099]

Thanks for the advice! I've registered with bee connected, looks like a great idea if everyone contributes.
I think the first thing I'll need to do is go and have a chat with the farmer.. who knows he may already be bee safe and organic ☺
Millets comment about them being "hungry" made me chuckle.. rings so true ��

 

[Jowlpost]

Mass colony wipe out in New Zealand

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment...s-dying-in-murchison-from-suspected-poisoning

 

[Hivemaker.]

Poison or CBPV.

 

[Poly Hive]

It was suggested to me by one of the "big boys" that shutting in did more damage than not: so I stopped.


Any difference? Not a jot. Piles of dead bees? Nope.

Oh, and not every sprayer is applying pesticides, many are now fertiliser applications.

PH

 

[user 6228]

beware some gardeners may be killing ants or wasps with home-made "natural" products
from recipes found on the web. The issue occurs if they are using sugar as a lure.