Came across this article this morning and thought it quite interesting.
http://westernfarmpress.com/mag/farming_fungicides_reduce_hinder/
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Thanks. I had heard mention of this as a possible factor in Colony Collapse
Disorder - and it seems plausible since contaminated pollen can be stored
for a long time.
A lot of beekeepers are blaming neo-nics, while the manufacturers stoutly
claim it's not so. Whatever the case, farmers
Interesting article, but I'd like to see the peer-reviewed
research. Nearly every statement in the article contains weazel
words or wording that implies uncertainty (e.g., which SUGGESTED
the sprays were toxic, the solutions COULD be more toxic, etc.).
Very few of the ideas in the article
Here's a good article on how pesticides accumulate in pollen. The
authors don't claim to understand how the pesticides may impact the
bees, but report on how much they're finding.There's another article
from J. Econ. Ent. that talks about solitary bee foraging.
: Apple-Crop: Dodine and captane fungicides applied during
bloom
This might be easier for you:
http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/pdf/captanfruitnotes94.pdf
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Cooley, D. R. and D. W. Greene. 1994. Do bloom applications of
fungicides affect fruit set? Fruit Notes 59(4): 15-16.
The 93-94 volumes of Fruit Notes are here:
http://www.archive.org/details/fruitnotes9394univ
DRC
On Apr 26, 2010, at 7:07 AM, Jose Manuel Pereira Cardoso wrote:
Hi
This might be easier for you:
http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/pdf/captanfruitnotes94.pdf
JC
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Daniel Cooley
dcoo...@microbio.umass.edu wrote:
Cooley, D. R. and D. W. Greene. 1994. Do bloom applications of fungicides
affect fruit set? Fruit Notes 59(4): 15-16.
