Pollinator Week emphasizes looking at all bee stresses
June 21, 2016
From: AgProfressional
By Rich Keller, Editor, Ag Professional
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“What we know so far is that there are a handful of issues that can cause problems for bees. Severe weather, pests and disease, lack of forage and nutrition, lack of genetic diversity and incidental pesticide exposure may all be causing problems,” said Carson Klosterman, a farmer from Wyndmere, N.D., and member of NCGA’s Production and Stewardship Action Team.
Klosterman says neonicotinoid seed treatments are actually a good way to limit incidental pesticide exposure because of how and when they are used. For instance, farmers are switching to a pinpoint treatment of insecticide on seed at planting time, rather than a broad spectrum treatment later in the growing season when bees are more active. According to the NCGA and Klosterman, the neonicotinoids have three other distinct advantages:
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