What changes to the rules for Dinotefuran use were made by ODA to limit future bee kill incidents and were they appropriate? Massive Bee KillPosted on June 21, 2013 by jjneal25,000 – 30,000 bumblebees are dead in the parking lot outside a Target store inWilsonville, southwest of Portland, Oregon. Conservation biologists are investigating thecause. The preliminary suspects are pesticides or toxic pollen. The species of tree is notnative to the United States and some pollens can be toxic to bees. However, massive beekills have not been noted in the past and the pollen has probably not changed.Trees in parking lots are sometimes treated for aphids and other phloem feeding insectsthat drop sticky honeydew on parked cars. In this instance, the trees were treated with theneonicotinoid insecticide, Dinotefuran a few days prior to onset of the bee kill.The neonicotinoidinsecticides are at thecenter of a controversyover bee kills. The toxicityto bees is orders ofmagnitude greater thansome of the notablepesticides (such ascarbamate insecticides)responsible for bee kills inthe last century.Dinotefuran and otherneonicotinoids arePhoto: jnealrelatively safe for humansbecause they areBumblebee Pollinating a Flowerselectively toxic to insects.However, beneficialpollinators such as bumblebees are also insects and can be killed along with the targetedpests. In orchards, growers are not allowed to spray most insecticides during the periodwhen trees are flowering. The same rules should apply to flowering trees.

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What changes to the rules for Dinotefuran use were made by ODA to limit future
bee kill incidents and were they appropriate?

Massive Bee Kill
Posted on June 21, 2013 by jjneal
25,000 – 30,000 bumblebees are dead in the parking lot outside a Target store in
Wilsonville, southwest of Portland, Oregon. Conservation biologists are investigating the
cause. The preliminary suspects are pesticides or toxic pollen. The species of tree is not
native to the United States and some pollens can be toxic to bees. However, massive bee
kills have not been noted in the past and the pollen has probably not changed.
Trees in parking lots are sometimes treated for aphids and other phloem feeding insects
that drop sticky honeydew on parked cars. In this instance, the trees were treated with the
neonicotinoid insecticide, Dinotefuran a few days prior to onset of the bee kill.
The neonicotinoid
insecticides are at the
center of a controversy
over bee kills. The toxicity
to bees is orders of
magnitude greater than
some of the notable
pesticides (such as
carbamate insecticides)
responsible for bee kills in
the last century.
Dinotefuran and other
neonicotinoids are
Photo: jneal
relatively safe for humans
because they are
Bumblebee Pollinating a Flower
selectively toxic to insects.
However, beneficial
pollinators such as bumblebees are also insects and can be killed along with the targeted
pests. In orchards, growers are not allowed to spray most insecticides during the period
when trees are flowering. The same rules should apply to flowering trees.

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