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  • From: kate demayo <kdemayo AT gmail.com>
  • To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [ocba] FW: [COMFOOD:] Pesticides in bee hives
  • Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:28:07 -0400

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. 

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

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