Pesticide Issues Archives - Scientific Beekeeping https://scientificbeekeeping.com/pesticide-issues/ Beekeeping Through the Eyes of a Biologist Mon, 16 Oct 2023 21:11:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Status of Our Industry Regarding Varroa Management and What Can We Do About It? https://scientificbeekeeping.com/the-status-of-our-industry-regarding-varroa-management-and-what-can-we-do-about-it/ Mon, 16 Oct 2023 21:11:03 +0000 https://scientificbeekeeping.com/?p=8306 The Status of Our Industry Regarding Varroa Management and What Can We Do About It? Part 2 First Published in ABJ August 2023 Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com   CATCH UP Last month I wrote about the options (legal or unapproved) that beekeepers are taking to deal with varroa as it evolves resistance to amitraz. In this […]

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]]> Pesticides in the News https://scientificbeekeeping.com/pesticides-in-the-news/ Wed, 09 Oct 2019 21:18:39 +0000 https://scientificbeekeeping.com/?p=5865 Pesticides in the News Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com First Published in ABJ in August 2019 Our beleaguered Environmental Protection Agency, tasked with protecting man and the environment, is caught between an unsupportive Administration and a public that is becoming more and more concerned about the effects of pesticides and climate change. I plan to return to […]

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]]> The Pesticide Situation Part 5: Reinventing Nature https://scientificbeekeeping.com/the-pesticide-situation-part-5-reinventing-nature/ Thu, 18 Jul 2019 19:08:13 +0000 https://scientificbeekeeping.com/?p=5062 Contents Reinventing Nature. 1 Biopesticides (aka “biologicals”) 1 Resistant cultivars. 2 intensive agriculture. 4 Innovations in Mechanical Technology. 5 Agroecology and “regenerative agriculture”. 5 Resistance to change in a changing world. 7 Notes and citations. 8   The Pesticide Situation Part 5: Reinventing Nature Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com First published in ABJ May 2019 In their […]

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]]> The Pesticide Situation: Part 4 – Pesticide Resistance and Changes in Farming Practices https://scientificbeekeeping.com/pesticide-situation-part-4/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 05:23:07 +0000 https://scientificbeekeeping.com/?p=3803 The Pesticide Situation: Part 4 Pesticide Resistance and Changes in Farming Practices Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com First Published in ABJ, April 2019 Although I’ve heard some activists call for a ban on all pesticides, the hard fact is that production agriculture, whether conventional or organic, will for the foreseeable future depend upon the application of plant […]

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]]> The Pesticide Situation: Part 3 – Some Future Directions in Agriculture https://scientificbeekeeping.com/the-pesticide-situation-part-3/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 04:29:09 +0000 https://scientificbeekeeping.com/?p=3796 The Pesticide Situation: Part 3 Some Future Directions In Agriculture Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com First Published in ABJ, March 2019 Allow me to introduce this article with a disclaimer.  I do not claim to be a crop farmer nor pesticide expert.  But over the past decade, I’ve spent a lot of time listening to those with […]

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]]> The Pesticide Situation: Part 2 https://scientificbeekeeping.com/the-pesticide-issue-part-2/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 03:55:30 +0000 https://scientificbeekeeping.com/?p=3789 The Pesticide Situation: Part 2 Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com   First Published in ABJ, February 2019   The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act requires that a pesticide will generally not cause any unreasonable risk to man or the environment — taking into account the economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits of the use of […]

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]]> The Pesticide Situation: Part 1 https://scientificbeekeeping.com/the-pesticide-situation/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 03:02:49 +0000 https://scientificbeekeeping.com/?p=3782 Contents The Earth’s Biosphere. 1 The human population. 2 Insect populations in general 2 Agriculture’s situation. 3 The value of pollinators. 4 Who is the real enemy?. 4 Our three choices. 4 The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. 4 Acknowledgements. 4 References. 4     The Pesticide Situation Part 1 Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com   […]

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]]> The Case of Pristine® And The Dying Queen Cells – A Pesticide Mystery Solved? https://scientificbeekeeping.com/the-case-of-pristine-and-the-dying-queen-cells/ Thu, 08 Nov 2018 19:08:16 +0000 https://scientificbeekeeping.com/?p=3631 THE CASE OF PRISTINE® AND THE DYING QUEEN CELLS– A PESTICIDE MYSTERY SOLVED? First published in ABJ March 2013 Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com A combination of cooperation between beekeepers and a pesticide company, good sleuthing, good science, and good luck may have solved the mystery of the dying queen cells. Let me walk you through the […]

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]]> The Neonicotinoids: An Objective Assessment https://scientificbeekeeping.com/the-neonicotinoids-an-objective-assessment/ Mon, 23 Apr 2018 20:53:10 +0000 https://scientificbeekeeping.com/?p=3417 The Neonicotinoids: An Objective Assessment Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com April 2018 Updated 26 January 2020* (I wrote this article in response to a request following a presentation that I gave to the San Diego Master Gardeners. A revised version was later published by the University of California at http://ucnfa.ucanr.edu/files/280172.pdf) Everyone’s heard about the claim that honey […]

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]]> Effect of Amitraz on Buildup of Nucs https://scientificbeekeeping.com/effect-of-amitraz-on-buildup-of-nucs/ Wed, 01 Oct 2014 05:00:31 +0000 https://scientificbeekeeping.com/?p=2311 Effect of Amitraz on Buildup of Nucs Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com First published in ABJ October 2014 Introduction and Objectives I was surprised by the slow buildup and lack of drawing of foundation by the nucs in my 2013/14 Pollen Supp Trial. Although the colonies were started during a dearth, due to the near-continual feeding of […]

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