The latest detections bring the total number of infested premises to 131 since varroa mite was first identified at the Port of Newcastle in June last year.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-14/new-varroa-mite-cases-detected-hunter-central-coast-regions-nsw/102091326
so
are the hives fkd
sarahs mum said:
The latest detections bring the total number of infested premises to 131 since varroa mite was first identified at the Port of Newcastle in June last year.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-14/new-varroa-mite-cases-detected-hunter-central-coast-regions-nsw/102091326
Bloody hell.
On toast
yeah but which are the new spots
.
Studies have found that even Low-Dose Pesticides used in Treat Bee Colonies
when used in COMBINATION result in CCD (Colony Collapse Disease)
…so Have A Care about what you’re using on those Verroa Mites that
could cause a MUCH WORSE PROBLEM in the long run.
Clothianidin & CCD::FACT SHEET.pdf:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwianKie3dz9AhUaFVkFHVmrB4AQFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.panna.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2FClothianidin%26CCD_Backgrounder.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1kubre4WU5fAfgtUw27sM4/
except:
“Chemical cocktail” effect – or synergistic and cumulative pesticide exposures: EPA regulates on a chemical-bychemical
basis, but interacting chemicals can have synergistic effects at very low levels — where a “chemical cocktail” of
multiple interacting chemicals combine to have greater effects than would be predicted by traditional toxicological models.
Traditional toxicological models proceed from the 16th century maxim that “the dose makes the poison.” Pesticides can also have
a cumulative “toxic loading” effect both in the immediate and long term. Neonicotinoids are known to persist in the soil for years
and to accumulate on neurotransmitters over time. U.S. environmental regulation remains behind current toxicological science in
accounting for synergistic and cumulative chemical effects.
roughbarked said:
sarahs mum said:
The latest detections bring the total number of infested premises to 131 since varroa mite was first identified at the Port of Newcastle in June last year.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-14/new-varroa-mite-cases-detected-hunter-central-coast-regions-nsw/102091326
Bloody hell.
Oh shit.