neonicotinoid

August 24th: Audubon Greenwich, Connecticut, film series to screen Nicotine Bees

Submitted by Kevin Hansen on July 19, 2010 - 15:31

Space limited. Advance tickets required. RSVP to Jeff at 203-869-5272 x239. 

Just $15/person includes admission to both films and refreshments that will include ‘mead’ wine (made from honey) and bee-inspired snacks between movies.  PLUS - DVD copies of 'Nicotine Bees' will be available for purchase for just $15.

http://greenwich.audubon.org/

Location

613 Riversville Road
Greenwich, CT
United States
41° 5' 46.3308" N, 73° 41' 21.534" W
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"Nicotine Bees" showing at South Coastal Library, Delaware, USA

Submitted by Kevin Hansen on June 30, 2010 - 09:29

Neonicotinoid Insecticides Linked to Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder

June 27, 2010

Reported by: Steve Callanen - Chair, Sierra Club Southern Delaware Chapter

Location

Bethany Beach, DE
United States
38° 32' 22.4016" N, 75° 3' 18.6516" W
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Location: 
Bethany Beach, DE
United States
38° 32' 22.4016" N, 75° 3' 18.6516" W
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Imidacloprid References for Bees and Non-target Insect Studies

Submitted by Pierre Terre on May 20, 2010 - 22:23

Abbott, V.A., J. L. Nadeau, H. A. Higo, and M. L. Winston. 2008.   Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Imidacloprid on Osmia lignaria and Clothianidin on Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) Journal of Economic Entomology 101(3):784-796. 
 
Alexander, A.A. 2006. Sublethal effects of imidacloprid on mayflies and oligochaetes. M. Sci thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. 
 

Location: 
Washington DC, DC
United States
38° 47' 26.2608" N, 75° 35' 9.3768" W
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Location

Washington DC, DC
United States
38° 47' 26.2608" N, 75° 35' 9.3768" W
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List of Worldwide Studies Linking Imidacloprid to Honeybee Death and the CCD Problem

Submitted by Pierre Terre on May 20, 2010 - 22:18

Aguera, A., E. Almansa, S. Malato, M.I. Maldonado, A.R. Fernandez-Alba. 1998. Evaluation of photocatalytic degradation of imidacloprid in industrial water by GC-MS and LC-MS. Analusis 26(7): 245-251.

Refined Methodology for the Determination of Neonicotinoid Pesticides and Their Metabolites in Honey Bees and Bee Products by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)†

Submitted by Pierre Terre on May 20, 2010 - 21:51

Copyright: This article not subject to U.S. Copyright. Published 2010 by the American Chemical Society

By ALAA KAMEL* - Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Biological and Economic Analysis Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency. 701 Mapes Road, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland 20755

Location: 
Washington DC, DC
United States
38° 59' 9.96" N, 76° 53' 49.5132" W
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Location

Washington DC, DC
United States
38° 59' 9.96" N, 76° 53' 49.5132" W
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Canadian Government Study finds Risks to Honeybees from Biggest Nicotine Pesticide

Submitted by Pierre Terre on March 31, 2010 - 14:37

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment

Le Conseil canadian des ministres de l'environnement

CANADIAN WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES: IMIDACLOPRID
SCIENTIFIC SUPPORTING DOCUMENT

Location: 
Ottawa, ON
Canada
45° 25' 24.5784" N, 75° 41' 52.5588" W
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Location

Ottawa, ON
Canada
45° 25' 24.5784" N, 75° 41' 52.5588" W
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Italy keeps ban on neonicotinoid seed coating to save bees

Submitted by Pierre Terre on March 3, 2010 - 15:23

YourIs.com, Italy keeps ban on neonicotinoid seed coating to save bees

The Italian Agriculture Ministry suspended the use of pesticides containing clothianidin, thiametoxam and imidacloprid for the coating of any plant seeds (May '09).

Tens of thousands of them don’t even manage to get back to their apiary. Disoriented, they lose the way home and die. Others just drop dead after sucking the tiniest amount of dew exuded by maize leaves if the plants have been absorbing neonicotinoids, a class of pesticides that Italy has temporarily banned as seed coating in September last year for their “possible connection to the colony collapse of bees”.

Germany Suspends Nicotine-based Pesticide Products

Submitted by Pierre Terre on March 3, 2010 - 13:54

Translated from the German, this document provides the reasoning behind the 2008 suspension of nicotine-based insecticides/pesticides in Germany, based on the severe honey bee losses in southwest Germany that year. Seed treatments were blamed for thoses incidents, including the losses reported in the film Nicotine Bees by German beekeepers Walter Haefeker and Karl-Rainer Koch.

Locations

Germany
48° 8' 23.3592" N, 11° 34' 46.524" E
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Germany
48° 8' 29.9544" N, 11° 33' 27.4212" E
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Germany
52° 31' 18.4512" N, 13° 24' 11.952" E
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Location: 
Germany
48° 8' 23.3592" N, 11° 34' 46.524" E
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Dr. Neil Carman: The Case for Neonicotinoid Insecticides as a Prime Mover in CCD

Submitted by Pierre Terre on March 3, 2010 - 13:17

Dr. Neil Carman of The Sierra Club presents compelling evidence that nicotine-based insecticides (neonicotinyls or neonicotinoids) are the prime-mover causal agent of the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) phenomenon in honebee die-offs. Presented at the the American Honey Producers Association (AHPA) 2010 meeting in Sacramento, California.

Location

Sacramento, CA
United States
38° 34' 53.6592" N, 121° 29' 39.84" W
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Location: 
Sacramento, CA
United States
38° 34' 53.6592" N, 121° 29' 39.84" W
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