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Neonics and success

Bees visit corn for pollen, period. Bees visit canola for pollen. Bees visit potatoes for pollen (Danish tests). Bees visit a lot of flowers for pollen. Bees get what the pollen is enriched with. Neonics are not good for bees.

Erik September 11, 2014 Breeding, Cellsize, Corn, Feral bees, Management, Neonicotinoides, Pollination, Varroa, Virus Read more

Bees On Corn

This morning the bees flew heavily on flowering corn. I’m sure they were happy for the EU ban on treating seeds with neonics. It would have been no good for the colony with beebread made of pollen from corn grown

Erik July 29, 2014 Corn, Neonicotinoides Read more

Bees suck fluid on corn

Bees suck fluid on corn

For whatever it may mean – concerning discussion of the danger of neonicotinoid plant protection poisions – for bees in first place. Poision is never harmless, even if the harm it may cause to others than the target bug, vary

Erik July 23, 2013July 23, 2013 Featured, Neonicotinoides Read more
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