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  • From: Blair Christian <blair.christian AT gmail.com>
  • To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org, durham-county-beekeepers AT googlegroups.com
  • Subject: [ocba] FYI: Updated response from Canada's PMRA about 2012 Ontario bee kills...
  • Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:14:02 -0400

Here's the scoop- the final report about last year's neonic bee kills
are the first link. At the bottom is a link to Canadian pesticide
regulatory notes, bee kill data (incident reports) and more. If only
this data was easily available at the EPA, and at the state level in
the US...


English version of the draft of the final report
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/alt_formats/pdf/pubs/pest/decisions/bee_corn-mort-abeille_mais/bee_corn-mort-abeille_mais-eng.pdf


>From the email to me from the PMRA regulatory information officer:
"The summary document "Evaluation of Canadian Bee Mortalities that
Coincided with Corn Planting in Spring 2012" has been posted on the
PMRA website. The links and a copy of the report are provided below.

"The PMRA will be able to provide you with the detailed evaluation
report once the document is finalized. The document is currently being
translated, and will be finalized following translation. This document
contains more detailed information. Please note that personal
information is protected, therefore, the data is in the detailed
document is presented in a manner that is consistent with protection
of personal information."

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_decisions/index-eng.php
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_decisions/index-fra.php
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_decisions/bee_corn-mort-abeille_mais/index-eng.php
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_decisions/bee_corn-mort-abeille_mais/index-fra.php


Just to keep things in perspective: Here in Orange and Durham
counties, beekeepers choosing not to treat for varroa have been
responsible for the loss of many hives in addition to the infection of
the hives of others (when the almost dead varroa ridden colonies are
robbed out by your neighbor's healthier bees), while neonics have not
been responsible for the loss of a single hive. Let's not kill our
own bees and sicken those of our neighbors- if you don't want to treat
for varroa, consider getting bees with VSH, such as from these
sellers:
http://vpqueenbees.com/referral.html

VSH info at the bottom:
http://vpqueenbees.com/breeding.html

Best,
Blair



  • [ocba] FYI: Updated response from Canada's PMRA about 2012 Ontario bee kills..., Blair Christian, 07/11/2013

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