{"id":58001,"date":"2024-12-29T21:25:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T10:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/maintenance.html\/?p=58001"},"modified":"2024-12-29T21:26:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T10:26:05","slug":"neo-nicotinoids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=58001","title":{"rendered":"Neo-nicotinoids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you aware of the Neo-nicotinoid pesticides\/insecticides used in Australia that are killing bees, products such as Confidor have active ingredients that stay active for a long time. It seems that retail nurseries use these regularly. I checked with the National Botanical Gardens in Canberra and they don\u2019t use these, in fact use hardly any chemicals.<\/p>\n

I suspect that most plants sold in retail outlets especially any of the large ones would sell plants with this poison.<\/p>\n

It could be good to alert people on your email list so that we are not inadvertently buying plants for our gardens that are harming bees.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m canvassing my local retailers to find out what they use and if they are aware of the devastating effect of these products.<\/p>\n

This is a list of the names of chemicals in this category:<\/p>\n

Acetamiprid
\nClothianidin
\nDinotefuran
\nImidacloprid
\nNitenpyram
\nThiocloprid
\nThiamethoxam<\/p>\n

Here are some websites I referred to:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.xerces.org\/neonicotinoids-and-bees\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/citybugs.tamu.edu\/factsheets\/ipm\/what-is-a-neonicotinoid\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.planthealthaustralia.com.au\/about-us\/events\/neonicotinoids-and-other-insecticides\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you aware of the Neo-nicotinoid pesticides\/insecticides used in Australia that are killing bees, products such as Confidor have active ingredients that stay active for a long time. It seems that retail nurseries use these regularly. I checked with the National Botanical Gardens in Canberra and they don\u2019t use these, in fact use hardly any … <\/p>\n

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