Hi Fred, I understand that BT is specifically for Lepidopterians and has to be injested. Honey bees are under threat from many things, but I don't believe that BT is one of them. Karen > > From: "Fred Conrad" <[email protected]> > Date: 2010/07/19 Mon PM 01:45:38 CDT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [Community_garden] honey bees > > This is a random stream-of-consciousness question. So there is this > garden with a small gold fish pond, and the local raccoons keep eating > the goldfish. The pond was re-stocked (with cheap comets) five times > but since the raccoons were eating them all and tearing up the plants, > too, it was decided to just throw a mosquito dunk (BT) into the pond and > call it a day. > > > > Then, over the course of a couple weeks, by coincidence or by > correlation, a local honey bee hive (very nearby) population dropped > noticeably. > > > > What do you think? They usually de-populate a bit after the bloom > season peaks, eh? Or did we kill them? Should we fish out the dunk and > get more raccoon food? > > -fgc > > > > Fred Conrad > > Community Garden Coordinator > > Atlanta Community Food Bank > > 732 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd. N.W, Atlanta GA 30318 > > Ph: 678.553.5932 Fax: 678.553.5933 > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > www.ACFB.org <http://www.ACFB.org> > > > > Our Mission is to fight hunger by engaging, educationg and empowering > our community. > > > Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message is > legally privileged and confidential > > information intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it > is addressed. If the reader of this > > message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, > dissemination, distribution or copy > > of this e-mail message and attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this message > > in error, please delete it in its entirety. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20100719/2900cc2a/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's > services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out > how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org >
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