Bee issues and Neonicotinoids

Kay Stewart has pointed out the issues around Neonicotinoids. She also suggested a site where you could donate $4 to create a marketing interrupt to tell the story to Independent Garden Center owners.


Our online buddy, "Garden Contessa" send us a bunch of links that give more info.

For now, here is a list of Neonicotinoids that show up in consumer-level products for home gardens. These are generic names, along with brand names.

The neonicotinoids include: acetamiprid, dinotefuran, clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam.

Acetamiprid and dinotefuran are manufactured by many companies.

Thiamethoxam is made by Syngenta. Only Bayer makes clothianidin and imidacloprid.

• Brand names for imidacloprid include: Kohinor, Admire, Advantage, Gaucho, Merit, Confidor, Hachikusan, Premise, Prothor, and Winner.
• Brand names for clothianidin include: Gaucho, Titan, Clutch, Belay, Arena.
• Brand names for acetamiprid include: Assail, Intruder, Adjust.
• Brand names for thiacloprid include: Calypso.
• Brand names for thiamethoxam include: Actara, Cruiser, Helix, Platinum, Centric.
• Neonicotinoids: acetamiprid, dinotefuran.

Here are the links Garden Contessa sent: 

brand names that have neonicotinoids:

 

http://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/911/how-to-recognize-products-with-neonicotinoid-pesticides-in-them

 

http://www.beecharmers.org/Pollination2.html

 

http://gaia-health.com/gaia-blog/2013-04-16/colony-collapse-disorder-is-a-fraud-pesticides-cause-bee-die-offs/

 

http://digginginthedriftless.com/2012/04/13/are-the-neonicotinoids-you-are-using-in-your-garden-killing-your-bees/

 

http://www.beyondpesticides.org/pollinators/chemicals.php

 

http://www.xerces.org/neonicotinoids-and--bees/

 

http://urbanbeeprojectseattle.com/pesticidestory/

 

http://www.beeman.ca/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/neonicotinoids2.pdf

 

http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/01/bee-killing-pesticides-not-just-corn-fields