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  • From: Lewis Cauble <lewis AT hivebody.com>
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  • Cc: NC Beekeepers Orange County <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] FW: [COMFOOD:] Pesticides in bee hives
  • Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:00:34 -0400

Kate,
Thanks for this link!  It's important for us beekeepers to know that the most prevalent pesticides in our hives are the ones that we put in them (fluvalinate aka Apistan, and coumaphous aka Checkmite).  I believe many of our backyard beekeepers are trending away from these heavy pesticides.  Read about Certified Naturally Grown Bees and Honey.

It's important to have a game plan to deal with mites.  If you have bees, you have (or will soon have) mites.  I encourage folks to start thinking about their plan of attack now.  Managing Varroa Mites in Honey Bee Colonies, a pamphlet from NCSU, is a good place to start.

Cheers,

Lewis


On Apr 12, 2010, at 2:28 PM, kate demayo wrote:

Hey OC Beekeepers,
Just wanted to pass along this journal article about pesticides in bee hives that some of you may have already seen.
Also, I am really enjoying everyone's tales of installing packages. Jenn and I installed two packages on Saturday and managed to do so without stings. So far so good!
Kate
 
 

From: Ashley Colpaart [mailto:ashleyrdtx AT gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 9:26 AM
To: comfood AT elist.tufts.edu; hendpg
Subject: [COMFOOD:] Pesticides in bee hives

 

High Levels of Miticides and Agrochemicals in North American Apiaries: Implications for Honey Bee Health

in the Journal http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0009754


Mullin CA, Frazier M, Frazier JL, Ashcraft S, Simonds R, et al. (2010) High Levels of Miticides and Agrochemicals in North American Apiaries: Implications for Honey Bee Health. PLoS ONE 5(3): e9754. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009754

"According to an analysis by Beyond Pesticides, the study found 121 different types of pesticides within 887 wax, pollen, bee and hive sampled from 23 states. The top 10 most frequently detected pesticides are fluvalinate and coumaphos, chlorpyrifos, chlorothalonil, amitraz, pendamethalin, endosulfan, fenpropathrin, esfenvalerate and atrazine. Miticides are the most common contaminant in the wax and bees, and fungicides are the most common contaminant of pollen."

More here. 

--
Ashley Colpaart, RD LD
Friedman School of Nutritional Science & Policy
Tufts University
MS candidate- Food Policy and Applied Nutrition
http://epicureanideal.blogspot.com/

"The destiny of nations depends on how they nourish themselves." -Brillat-Savarin


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