Pesticide Misuse Threatens Our Pollinators

NEW! Proposed EPA Label Changes for Pesticides that impact bees

NEW!  Imidacloprid:  New Threat to North American pollinators? The French say it's been killing their bees; now it is coming to Canada and the US.

Cotton and pesticides /How to avoid poisoning pollinators

Illegal Public Spraying Programs Kill Bees

Virginia Mosquito Control Applications in Violation of the Label

Pollinating Bees Killed by Spray on Adjacent Fields  Just one example of many

The Farmer and the Bee Man Should be Friends   Ray Lackey - Master Beekeeper

Database of IPM Resources

• READ THE LABEL - THE LABEL IS THE LAW.  Bee protection instructions are normally listed under "Environmental Hazards" on the labels.  Texts of many pesticide labels in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format are available online from:
  *Crop Data Management Systems, Inc. 423 Fourth Street, 7th Floor, Marysville, CA 95901
  *Sample Bee Protection Statements from a couple of Pesticides Commonly Used on Cotton

Additionally many pesticide manufacturers have online labels of their products:

• BASF
• Bayer
• Dow
• Novartis
• Rohm and Haas

Special Pollinator Protection Restrictions and Labels in Washington (state)

More Pesticide Information Sources:

• EXTOXNET - The EXtension TOXicology NETwork information about pesticides
• Toxicity of Surfactants used in Pesticides
• Pesticide Action Network database of 5100 pesticide products and 100,000 commercial formulations

Pesticides can come back to bite!

• Expensive cleanup of lead arsenate in old apple orchards
• Mass Bt spraying for gypsy moths?  An editorial that explains the repercussions.

Alternatives to pesticides:  The risks to humans and beneficial organisms, and the rising cost of pesticides are prompting more interest in alternatives.

• Biological control
• Kaolin barrier against pests      More on Kaolin
• Identification, Biology and Sampling of Cotton Insects (including biological control of pests)  TX

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