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Consumer Product Safety

Incident Report

Subform I: General Information

1. Report Type.

New incident report

Incident Report Number: 2013-3613

2. Registrant Information.

Registrant Reference Number: x

Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): x

Address: x

City: x

Prov / State: x

Country: x

Postal Code: X

3. Select the appropriate subform(s) for the incident.

Environment

4. Date registrant was first informed of the incident.

5. Location of incident.

Country: CANADA

Prov / State: ONTARIO

6. Date incident was first observed.

18-MAY-13

Product Description

7. a) Provide the active ingredient and, if available, the registration number and product name (include all tank mixes). If the product is not registered provide a submission number.

Active(s)

PMRA Registration No.       PMRA Submission No.       EPA Registration No.

Product Name: unknown

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • CLOTHIANIDIN

7. b) Type of formulation.

Application Information

8. Product was applied?

Unknown

9. Application Rate.

Unknown

10. Site pesticide was applied to (select all that apply).

Site: Unknown / Inconnu

11. Provide any additional information regarding application (how it was applied, amount applied, the size of the area treated etc).

In 2013, the following treatments were applied to the hives: oxalic acid. Information on crops located near the beeyards: 100 ac of soy beans was 150 m from the beeyard;150 ac of winter wheat was 10 m from the beeyard, and was planted in the fall; Crops located near forest; Gravel pit. Hives were mainly nucs. Dead bees were noticed at the front of the hive, 30-50 at the most.

To be determined by Registrant

12. In your opinion, was the product used according to the label instructions?

Unknown

Subform IV: Environment (includes plants insects and wildlife)

1. Type of organism affected

Terr. Invrtbrt-Honey Bee/Inv.Ter-Abeille

2. Common name(s)

honey bee

3. Scientific name(s)

Unknown

4. Number of organisms affected

Unknown

5. Description of site where incident was observed

Fresh water

Terrestrial

Agricultural

Salt Water

6. Check all symptoms that apply

Death

7. Describe symptoms and outcome (died, recovered, etc.).

There were a total of 50 colonies in the bee yard. There were 40 affected colonies. There was between 0 and 500 dead bees per colony observed outside the hive. Bees were actively foraging at the time of the incident.Hives growing, some foraging at the time of survey but cool day. No adult bee symptoms were present. Only dead bees found, no live bees showing symptoms. No brood symptoms. Additionally noticed during inspection a the time of site visit but break in brood cycle. No queen symptoms observed. Additionally dead queens found but these were not the quees introduced to the hive not likely related to bee kill. Samples of live bees taken from strong hive, (unaffected the live bees and least affected hive), had no detected active ingredients. Sample of pollen taken from affected hive, affected comb sample, had positive detects for Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam. Sample of honey taken from affectd hive, affected comb sample, had positive detects for Carbendazim and thiamethoxam. Sample of pollen taken from strong hive, comb sample least affected, had positive detects for clothianidin and thiamethoxam. Samples of water taken from pond north of hives, fed by tile drains had no detected active ingredients. Sample of dead bees taken from affected hive, affected dead bees had positive detects for clothianidin. Samples of dead bees taken from affected hive had no detected active ingredients.Samples of soil taken from soil colony, had late season follow up, active ingredients were not tested. Samples of honey taken from honey colony #3, late season follow up had no detected active ingredients. Samples of honey taken from honey colony #2, late season follow up had no detected active ingredients. Samples of honey taken from honey colony #1 , late season follow up had no detected active ingredients. The weather at the time of the incident was sunny, overcast and dry. Windy temp12C, cool day winds from the north west at 15km. Prior to the incident, there were an average of 4 frames of bees, 2 frames of brood, and 1 frame of honey and half a frame of pollen. The following pests were present in the affected bee yard in the past year: varro a mite, very few varroa mite not at threshold. After the incident, there were an average of 4 frames of bees, 2 frames of brood, and 1 frame of honey and half a frame of pollen. Additional food sources provided to the bees included sugar syrup (fall), pollen supplement (spring). I

8. a) Was the incident a result of (select all that apply)

Unknown

8. b) i) How many times has the product been applied this year?

Unknown

8. b) ii) What was the date of the last application?

Unknown

9. Did it rain

9. a) During application?

Unknown

9. b) Up to 3 days after application?

Unknown

10. a) Was there a buffer zone?

Unknown

10. b) What type?

Terrestrial

10. c) What was the size of the buffer zone?

11. a) Were environmental samples collected and analysed?

Unknown

To be determined by Registrant

12. Severity classification (if there is more than one possible classification, select the most severe)

13. Please provide supplemental information here