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Consumer Product Safety

Incident Report

Subform I: General Information

1. Report Type.

Update the report

Incident Report Number: 2012-1679

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.

17-APR-12

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: Pionneer

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • THIAMETHOXAM

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

Product Name: Dekalb

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • CLOTHIANIDIN

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

Product Name: a

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • FLUVALINATE-TAU

7. b) Type of formulation.

Application Information

8. Product was applied?

Yes

9. Application Rate.

Unknown

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

Site: Agricultural-Outdoor/Agricole-extérieur

Préciser le type: Corn field

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

The corn was planting started about 8:00am Thursday April 12 2012. There was frost on the buildings and truck. It was at -2 at 8:00. rained on the 10th and was just dry enough to plant without compaction. First dead bees were about 9:30am temperature was about +2. Bees died in large numbers that day and have been dying every day since in lower numbers. The bees had to be exposed from the drift of the chemical when it was planted with a air seeder. The bees were definetly exposed to something and they only change in the enironment was the corn planting. A yard 5 miles south was not affected. 40-75 ft north of beeyard.Information from HC inspector: Bee kill noticed on April 12. Corn field planted on adjacent property on April 12 between 8:00am and 10am. Corn planted with large Case-IH Air Seeder. Corn seed was mostly Pioneer (treated with thiamethoxam), some Dekalb (clothianidin). Talc powder (seed lubricant) is added to seed at approx 3 cups to 50 bushels seed. Corn field about 75ft north of bee yard separated by tree windbreak and shrub thicket. No wind at the time and temperatures at around freezing. No bee movement at the time becaue of cool temperature. Sample of dead bees and sample of seed obtained by ENE on April 17. Report from beekeeper to HC London on April 19 that bees were still dying. Second sample of dead bees obtained by HC London on April 19. Report to HC London from beekeeper on April 20 that bees were still dying in one hive. Mite treatment fall 2011 (Apistan, Fumidil B, Oxytet).

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

2600

5. Description of site where incident was observed

Fresh water

Terrestrial

Agricultural

Salt Water

6. Check all symptoms that apply

Abnormal behavioural effects

Death

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

Inspected by Health Canada Pest Mgt. Program, ENE, and OMAFRA on April 17. Note, samples have been collected and will be analyzed. Information from bee keeper: We have about 80 colonies in the yard and this is our breeding yard for our queen sales. Some of the queens cost us $800.00. There were about 300 from 1 hive in a 24 hr. period. I would have to estimate at this rate on this hive that would be about 15% of the hatching brood for the day. So if all hive were at an estimated 10% it would equal some were around 8,000 or more bees a day, which would translate into one hive lost every 4 days in the breeding yard of 80 hives. Laying on their backs, feet up, wiggling vibrating, some were already dead, no pollen on the back legs, out in front of the colony, no more than a handful, kept on dying, brood got bad looking, all the young brood and capped brood was taken out by the bees. brood pattern being affected inside hive. Dead queen bee outside hive. Laying on their backs, feet up, wiggling vibrating, some were already dead, no pollen on the back legs, out in front of the colony, no more than a handful, kept on dying, brood got bad looking, all the young brood and capped brood was taken out by the bees. As of July 2, has recovered as well, but recovering, it is hard to tell because of the weather, they are at a point, at least a month behind where they should be, seen indications that they requeened

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?

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

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?

Aquatic

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

11. a) Were environmental samples collected and analysed?

Yes

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