Mystery bee poisoning

[Erichalfbee]

Who is spraying neonics anywhere this time of year?

 

[JamezF]

Who is spraying neonics anywhere this time of year?

Who is spraying neonics full stop? My understanding is that those used for sugar beet will be coated on the seed in the pellet that's made for automated sowing.

James

 

[Karol]

Neonics are water soluble migratory pesticides which remain active in the ground for years so they can accumulate in sinks on the land and if those sinks happen to contain flowering plants such as in a hedgerow then they can manifest themselves years after they have been sown. HMG has against the advice of its own agencies issued emergency use of Cruiser SB for the last three years - more than enough time for accumulation effects to surface.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Has such an event been attributed to residual neonicotinoids in the soil....ever?

 

[Karol]

Yes which is part of the reason behind the EU wide ban. All of the arguments were rehearsed on the forum under the stairs from about 2012 until the ban.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Losing an entire colony while its neighbour remained unscathed?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

neonic nectar is addictive to honeybees who will recruit preferentially to the laced source

any scientific evidence to corroborate this claim?

Has such an event been attributed to residual neonicotinoids in the soil....ever?

 

[Ian123]

Losing an entire colony while its neighbour remained unscathed?

All things are possible however unlikely.. A mass Alien probing event is also possible…..But that storey would only be suitable for the Sunday Sport!

 

[JamezF]

A mass Alien probing event is also possible…..

Sort of like a Flash mob?

James

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

All things are possible however unlikely.. A mass Alien probing event is also possible…..But that storey would only be suitable for the Sunday Sport!

or the BBKA news

 

[robinharman]

Yes which is part of the reason behind the EU wide ban. All of the arguments were rehearsed on the forum under the stairs from about 2012 until the ban.

Can you provide a link with the evidence?

 

[Ian123]

or the BBKA news

Ohhhhhh……..your on it this morning
I’ll admit to being annoyed I missed that 1

 

[robinharman]

Will the surviving colony be special survivor bees able to cope with Neonics?

 

[pargyle]

Oh Dear ... we are straying into the cupboard under the stairs ... PESTICIDES are not for open discussion here. It inevitably strays into arguments so, I'm locking the thread, let's leave it at that. We have no idea what killed the bees in Kent and the person who's bees they were is not even a member.

 

[Erichalfbee]

All things are possible however unlikely.. A mass Alien probing event is also possible…..But that storey would only be suitable for the Sunday Sport!

Is The National Enquirer still running? I used to enjoy that