Nicotinoids and bees

[grassfarmer]

More "bullshit" for the deniers. From Health Canada:

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_decisions/bee_corn-mort-abeille_mais/index-eng.php

[brian99]

I do disagree on the point that vacuum planters are the problem. Vacuum planters have been around for decades, and seed coatings have been developed around their use. Seed coatings on corn and sunflowers (and soybeans I assume) are superior to those on wheat and small grains. This is necessary because a dusty seed treatment will plug the planter plate holes. When I seed small grains, everything is coated pink. There's dust leftover in the grain boxes. With a planter, there's none of that. When I dump a bag of corn in the planter, there's nothing but seed. When I add talc (and now the new lubricity agent), it stays white. It's not picking up the seed treatment. It doesn't rub off, and it doesn't blow out.