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Incident Report Number: 2012-4381
Registrant Reference Number: x
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): x
Address: x
City: x
Prov / State: x
Country: x
Postal Code: X
Environment
Country: CANADA
Prov / State: SASKATCHEWAN
PMRA Registration No. 14879 PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No.
Product Name: LORSBAN 4E INSECTICIDE
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Site: Agricultural-Outdoor/Agricole-extérieur
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Terr. Invrtbrt-Honey Bee/Inv.Ter-Abeille
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Death
Bookeeper indicates he has experienced three separate incidents of pesticide-related bee losses this year, this being the third. Dealth of adult foraging bees. No information at this time regarding scope of incident (s) in terms of number of bee yards colonies or of total bees lost etc: however, likely affected majority or all of adult foragaing bees at the affected bee yard(s).Average bee yard in SK is 24-48 colonies. At 50000 bees per colony and at 40% losses, a reasonable estimate might be 0.5 - 1.0 million bees lost per affected bee yard. Beekeeper operates 13 beeyards, with a total of 400 colonies. Beekeeper had visited the affected yards the night before and they were fine; the next evening the hives were surrounded with piles of dead bees, some still twitching. 27 hives, all hives affected - lost greater than 20% of the hive populations - has been a beeyard for 14 years, no movement for pollination - foraging on canola and wildflowers (weeds) in ditches - around sloughs. Hives were healthy prior, no nozema, afb. Fall mite counts were low. beekeeper does spring treatments with Apivar for mite control. Topography: less than a mile to the west there was blooming canola, in between was canola that had finished blooming. The spraying was throughout the half-section of canola that had mostly completed blooming. The spraying was witnessed by others that recounted it to the beekeeper later. Spraying started - water sources - would be sloughs within 400ft of the yards. Weather on day of application was beautiful and sunny.
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