Insecticides
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Anac1979
Hi there! I am new to this forum. Hope I'm doing this right. Is anyone else worried about these pesticides called Neonicotinoids? I have read that they are a major cause in Colony Collapse Disorder in Honey Bees. I have also read that they permeate the plant & can stay in the leaves, bark, & fruit for decades. I am worried because I plant trees & flowers specifically to get Bees, Butterflies, Birds, etc..to come to my garden and i don't want them dying because of these plants. My husband bought fruit trees from Lowe's recently. And I know that Lowe's & Home Depot use this & other pesticides on their plants but I'm not sure if all stores do. We have also spent a lot of money on buying these trees, so I don't want to just pull them up. I am hoping there is another solution, if they do indeed have these deadly pesticides on them. Does anyone have any info on this? How can I know if they have been treated? And if they have, is there anything I can do about it? Any info would be greatly appreciated. :)
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My first suggestion is to visit your local cooperative extension center in your state. Assuming GA has one. They can advise you of any and perhaps all concerns that you have in this regard. Your also correct to worry about the new pesticides used today. Unfortunately some of those applying chemicals do not practice proper mixing and quite often the chemicals end up being much more toxic than they should because of misapplication. This also holds true now that many of the larger box stores are selling products that used to be only available to licensed pest applicators. This included lawn and garden chemicals that are most often over used and incorrectly applied. I was out west last year learning about bats. They are declining in great numbers. It turns out that mexico continues to allow DDT as a pesticide. Some migrating bats that go south in the colder months often feed on these insects that have these chemicals in them. While the chemical does not kill the bat right off, its the accumulation of the chemical that causes the bat to die. It happens as they use their fat reserve that contains the chemical residue from the insects that they digest. So as they are flying back up north in the spring the simply die mid flight. Much more needs to be done with the pesticide industry
Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com
on May 14, 2014
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Thank you for the info. I'll see if there's a coop, ex. here & see if they can help in any way. I feel this is getting more dire by the minute. I am friends with a Bat conservatory on Facebook. I read that Fruit Bats pollinate 70% of the worlds fruit. And with the colony collapse disorder happening with Honey Bee populations, I am scared for our future. I plants things to help the wildlife, so I can have Bees, bugs, & Butterflies come to my yard. It saddens me to say that i have only seen 2 Honey Bees in my yard this year & I have a profuse amount of plants blooming. Hope it's not a sign of things to come. Thanks again.
Anac1979
on May 15, 2014
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