From The Xerces Society ED Scott Black: "We have just found out that the bee deaths were caused by Safari – Dinotefuran. The landscape company did not follow label directions as it is not supposed to be sprayed during bloom. Lots of bees are still dying – almost all bumble bees. The Oregon Department Of Agriculture may send out a crew to trim off all of the flowers. It would be a huge job on 55 individual 30 foot tall trees with flowers on all branches." opb.org/news/blog/ecotrope/xerces-society-wilsonville-bees-died-from-pesticide-poisoning/
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:16:57 +0000