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o read it through, but I did my This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00C3_01CE98B9.4D6E77A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Lance & All, Aug 14, 2013 This was the same study that I pointed out Aug 1 but in short = vernacular form. By way of clarification, note that vanEngelsdorp was the junior = author of 6 not the senior author {bold font not my idea Outlook Express = has gone haywire again},=20 Haywire suddenly cured; "That which is far off and exceeding deep = who can find it out ?" Also Neonicotinoids were minor players in this paper being present = only in apple pollen.and had beneficial effects-- From the paper-- "The = carbamate (carbaryl), all neonicotinoids (acetamiprid, imidacloprid and = thiacloprid), organophosphates (coumaphos, diazinon and phosmet) and the = oxadiazine (indoxacarb) were associated with reduced risk of Nosema = infection" PLEASE NOTE; REDUCED RISK. Content tends to become damaged in transmission.=20 Curiously, much of the pesticide contamination in pollen was from = non-target off-site weed plants as opposed to sprayed crop plants. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Laviolette, Lance (EXP)=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] comment re Empty Forests Hi David and others, =20 The recent research that Mary was referring to was conducted by = University of Maryland researchers. It was just published in PLOS ONE = and can be read in full at the following link: =20 = http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.007018= 2 =20 A quote attributed to the study's senior author is telling: "We don't think of fungicides as having a negative effect on bees, = because they're not designed to kill insects," vanEngelsdorp stated. = Current federal regulations limit the use of insecticides during the = time periods when pollinating insects are foraging, "but there are no = such restrictions on fungicides, so you'll often see fungicide = applications going on while bees are foraging on the crop. This finding = suggests that we have to reconsider that policy." =20 =20 All the best, =20 Lance =20 =20 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6574 - Release Date: = 08/13/13 ------=_NextPart_000_00C3_01CE98B9.4D6E77A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m =3D=20 "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23507"> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Calibri; } @font-face { font-family: Tahoma; } @page WordSection1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; = } P.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; FONT-SIZE: = 12pt } LI.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; FONT-SIZE: = 12pt } DIV.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; FONT-SIZE: = 12pt } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } P { FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; FONT-SIZE: = 12pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-style-priority: 99; mso-margin-top-alt: = auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto } P.MsoAcetate { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; FONT-SIZE: = 8pt; mso-style-priority: 99; mso-style-link: "Balloon Text Char" } LI.MsoAcetate { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; FONT-SIZE: = 8pt; mso-style-priority: 99; mso-style-link: "Balloon Text Char" } DIV.MsoAcetate { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; FONT-SIZE: = 8pt; mso-style-priority: 99; mso-style-link: "Balloon Text Char" } P.MsoListParagraph { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; = FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-style-priority: 34 } LI.MsoListParagraph { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; = FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-style-priority: 34 } DIV.MsoListParagraph { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; = FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-style-priority: 34 } SPAN.BalloonTextChar { FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-style-priority: 99; = mso-style-link: "Balloon Text"; mso-style-name: "Balloon Text Char" } SPAN.wrc0 { mso-style-name: wrc0 } SPAN.wrc12 { mso-style-name: wrc12 } SPAN.EmailStyle23 { FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-style-type: = personal-reply } .MsoChpDefault { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-style-type: export-only } DIV.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1 } </STYLE> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></HEAD> <BODY lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue bgColor=3Dwhite vLink=3Dpurple> <DIV>Hi Lance & All, = =20 = =20 Aug 14, 2013</DIV> <DIV> This was the same study that I pointed out Aug 1 = but in=20 short vernacular form.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> By way of clarification, note that <FONT = color=3D#1f497d=20 face=3DCalibri>vanEngelsdorp<FONT color=3D#000000> <FONT = size=3D4>w<STRONG>as the=20 junior author of 6 not the senior author {bold font not my idea Outlook = Express=20 has gone haywire again}, </STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Haywire suddenly cured; "That which is far = off and=20 exceeding deep who can find it out ?"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Also Neonicotinoids were minor players in = this=20 paper being present only in apple pollen.a