yellow belly
Member
- Location
- south west lincolnshire
the problem is some neonics can be sprayed
I cannot see how an autumn seed dressing can affect bees and the local evidence (anecdotal ) says bees are not affected
the biggest impact on bees is weather followed by varoa mite and its viruses
in 2012 bees needed feeding in august to keep their strength up to get through the winter many keepers did not feed early enough
my local bee farmers has not had problem with bees getting lost (one of the effects when bees are given massive doses in the lab)
in fact this year he has too many bees they have been swarming all over the place at levels not seen for years neonics were used last autumn
imho the biggest threat to bees is that farmers become unable to grow nector producing crops because of the banning of agrochem that allow a profit to be made
my beans and spring rape are full of wild life and have had several applications of insecticide
without the pest control we would stop productive agriculture return to dog and stick farming which was the norm in the 1930s on any thing but the best grade soils
I cannot see how an autumn seed dressing can affect bees and the local evidence (anecdotal ) says bees are not affected
the biggest impact on bees is weather followed by varoa mite and its viruses
in 2012 bees needed feeding in august to keep their strength up to get through the winter many keepers did not feed early enough
my local bee farmers has not had problem with bees getting lost (one of the effects when bees are given massive doses in the lab)
in fact this year he has too many bees they have been swarming all over the place at levels not seen for years neonics were used last autumn
imho the biggest threat to bees is that farmers become unable to grow nector producing crops because of the banning of agrochem that allow a profit to be made
my beans and spring rape are full of wild life and have had several applications of insecticide
without the pest control we would stop productive agriculture return to dog and stick farming which was the norm in the 1930s on any thing but the best grade soils