24 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 29,1971 Nonpersistent Chemicals 'Lethal to Bees/ Speaker Says That violinist’s virtuosic mas- beekeepers who suffer losses chard blossom season is finish terpiece, “The Flight of the from pesticide application But ed, lest thy bees be tempted by Bumblebee,” might well become guidelines for documenting such dandelion and mustard blossoms a symbolic funeral dirge for the losses are still being formulated on the ground which become ’Maryland bee industry—thanks And economic effects of bee contaminated from after-blossom to the inequities of manmade losses are difficult to document, spray applications -to the trees, laws—especially if a threatened even with guidelines, Dr. Caron Covering (or confining) the bee Gypsy Moth invasion from the noted colonies is a less -acceptable al north materializes What now 9 Should we accede ternative to moving.” Persistent chemicals, which to demands of some beekeepers Moving 'back to .producers: formerly were used with great and outlaw the use of all pesti- “Use less toxic materials when effectiveness in controlling the cides on the crop production a choice exists, tree-damaging moths without scene’ “Insist on economic population ffarnung bees, have now been Dr Caion res p on ds to that levels . of pest insects before placed on the restricted list as question with an emphatic “No.” f ) a result of the Maryland Pesti- Sneaking at the Fastern Bee- Apply spray materials in late cide Applicators Law which took kee Jers Pollination Association ’ « Tfjniiflrv i , . , n TT , i , when bee Activity is not so exiect January i meeting April 3 in Winchester, . „ But nonpersistent chemicals Va f the Maryland Extension neavy which must now be substituted specialist asserted that, without are extremely lethal to bees, the use 0 f pesticides, there Honor Society Inducts even though they are relatively wou id be little need for pollmat- T wn I aen | A a Sturlentc nontoxic for warm-blooded am- , ng insects llke beeS) particularly W 3 UU S ■mals like man. f or some agricultural crops. Two Lancaster County under- So says Dr Dewey M Caron, He pomted out> for example, graduate students attending >the University of Maryland Exten- that pest inseets would destroy Pennsylvania State University, Sion apiculture specialist. Qr render most apple crops un . College of Agriculture, have • ® appealing without the use of been initiated into Gamma Sig mtemew that application of an „ estlcldes ma Delta, 'the national honor aceptable commercial pesticide, * . society of agriculture at the time of economic levels As a compromise for enabling ™ M agncui of Gypsy Moth population is also both beekeepers and agricultural y ~ the most probable time when producers to maintain economic “ Th ’ tuhptree—or yellow poplar-and suivival, Dr Caron suggested a The two students were amona other neetar-nroducin ff late set of six management pro- lne two s ““ ems were amon a otner nectar proaucm*, ute ° a group of 21 under-graduates spring tree blooms would be in . “Caron’s Com and 21 graduates taken into full season for honeybees. rhe first or Laron s com- Thus, the death loss rates for mandmants” is aimed at agncul ibee colonies would be _ catas- tural producers It says. “Thou trophic And the state could be shalt spray no crops that are in left without enough bees for pol- bloom unless specific steps have Imation purposes, let alone honey been taken to protect honeybees production and then only if absolutely Establishment of pesticide- necessary ” free ‘bee sanctuaries,” as has Addressing himself to bee been done in some western keepers, the list continues: states, would not be feasible m “Move colonies when the or- Maryland because of population pressures and space limitations, Dr Caron commented It’s true that the 1970 Farm Bill, passed by Congress, contains provision for feder al indemnification- payments to sustain top production with the BABCOCK B-300 Keeping production up... costs down., .is theprofit key Inpoultry operations. 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