{"id":6833,"date":"2016-11-26T10:34:50","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T16:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=6833"},"modified":"2016-11-26T10:34:50","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T16:34:50","slug":"colony-collapse-disorder-ctd-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/11\/26\/colony-collapse-disorder-ctd-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Colony Collapse Disorder, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Canadian news, the Lethbridge Herald<\/strong><\/em> is reporting<\/a> a move against\u00a0neonicotinoids, thought to be a factor is Colony Collapse Disorder:<\/p>\n

Health Canada has announced a 90-day public consultation period on imidacloprid, which is used on everything from cereals, grains, pulses and oilseeds to forestry woodlots and flea infestations on pets.<\/p>\n

Neonicotinoids as a class of pesticides have come under heavy scrutiny in recent years for their potential impact on bee populations.<\/p>\n

A study by Health Canada found that measurments of imidacloprid in surface water have been found as high as 11.9 parts per billion, while levels above 0.041 parts per billion are a considered to be of scientific concern.<\/p>\n

The government is proposing to phase out all agricultural usage and most other outdoor uses of imidacloprid over a period of three to five years.<\/p>\n

Ontario\u2019s provincial government moved to restrict the use of imidacloprid last year, as have some European countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on currently available information, the continued high volume use of imidacloprid in agricultural areas is not sustainable,\u201d Health Canada said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Health Canada study of imidacloprid has also prompted the federal department to begin \u201cspecial reviews\u201d of two other common neonicotinoids, clothianidin and thiamethoxam.<\/p>\n

\u201cHealth Canada is taking the findings of the re-evaluation of this pesticide seriously, and is taking action to further protect the environment,\u201d Health Minister Jane Philpott said in a release.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(From\u00a0Tree Frog News<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Speaking of bees, ever wonder if bees are restricted to pollen and honey for their diet? It turns out the answer is no – targets of sweet opportunity are more than welcome. NewScientist<\/strong><\/em> (12 November 2016) reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Sugar-rich honeydew is secreted by sap-sucking<\/a> scale insects, and may tide hungry bees over until spring flowers bloom.<\/p>\n

How wild solitary bees survive before the blooms was largely a mystery, says Joan Meiners at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Unlike colony-building honeybees, solitary bees don\u2019t stockpile honey. \u201cThere\u2019s really not much that\u2019s known about what bees do when there aren\u2019t flowers,\u201d says Meiners.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Observation and experiments indicates solitary bees will eat the honeydew while awaiting the return of flower blooms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Canadian news, the Lethbridge Herald is reporting a move against\u00a0neonicotinoids, thought to be a factor is Colony Collapse Disorder: Health Canada has announced a 90-day public consultation period on imidacloprid, which is used on everything from cereals, grains, pulses and oilseeds to forestry woodlots and flea infestations on pets. \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6834,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6833\/revisions\/6834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}