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Systemic neonicotinoids destroy the invertebrate life that birds need to feed on, as well as killing bees and other pollinators, which are essential to produce seeds and fruits for the birds and for us!
Neonicotinoids have been strongly implicated in the loss of over 10,000,000 bee colonies worldwide since 1998, as confirmed in dozens of independent, peer-reviewed scientific studies. In addition, the American Bird Conservancy has concluded that neonics are linked with the massive loss of birds across the USA, more so than any other factor which was studied.
Neonicotinoids: ‘The Poison that Just Keeps on Giving’
Neonics are not like earlier generations of insecticidal poisons. They are systemic: when applied as seed coatings or foliar sprays, they are absorbed into the entire living structure of the plant and render every part of it deadly to any insect via: roots, leaves, sap, stem, flowers, pollen, nectar and fruit or grain. Any bee, butterfly or bumblebee which gathers food from a flower that has been sprayed with neonicotinoid products is likely to be severely damaged or killed; that is what these poisons are designed to do. The neurotoxins cause bees to become disoriented and to cease foraging; if they are acutely poisoned in the field they simply never find their way home to the hive; this explains why, in so-called Colony Collapse Disorder, beekeepers do not find hives full of dead bees – they find hives which are completely empty of bees. The bees go out in the morning and feed on flowers poisoned with neonicotinoids, and they die alone in the fields, they never find the way home.
Another aspect of these revolutionary poisons is that they persist inside the plant and the flower for weeks or months on end – so they carry on poisoning insects for the entire life of the plant. Within the EU it is ‘illegal’ to license any pesticide that persists in soil for more than 120 days – but neonics remain active in the soil of treated fields for up to four years. Soil is permanently poisonous to all forms of insect and invertebrate life.
There is No Such Thing as a ‘Safe’ Spray
They labels on these products warn the user that they are deadly poisonous for bees, and advise the user ‘not to use when bees are present’. They also suggest that you avoid spraying when flowers are in bloom – which gives the impression that if you spray before the flowers open, that bees and butterflies will be ‘safe’ from the deadly poison. This is utterly untrue. Since neonicotinoids are systemic – they will be absorbed into the entire plant structure whenever the plant is sprayed; so if you apply the poison to the leaves weeks before the flowers open, the bee-killing poison will still appear in the flower, the pollen and the nectar weeks later. Moreover, the flower will remain poisonous to bees as long as it is in bloom.
Here are just a few of the neonicotinoid based products from Bayer which are currently for sale online in the UK and USA.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bayer-Provado-Ultimate-Killer-Concentrate/dp/B0030FYFW6
PROVADO LAWN GRUB KILLER: (UK)
Product Features and Technical Details
Product Features
• Season long control from just one application.
• Controls chafer grubs and leatherjackets (daddy longleg larvae)
• Does not harm beneficial organisms. (completely untrue – it kills bees, bumblebees, butterflies and pollinators).
• Children and pets need not be excluded from treated areas once dry.
Technical Details
Provado Lawn Grub Killer contains Imidacloprid. Use plant protection products/biocides safely. Always read the label and product information before use. Pay attention to the risk indications and follow the safety precautions on the label.
“HIGH RISK to Bees: Apply Away from Bees; Do not apply when flowering weeds are present”
“Contains Imidacloprid 5% ww as a wettable granule.
COMMENT: this systemic insecticide persists and remains toxic in the soil for up to 2 years. It can be re-absorbed into any daisy, dandelion or other plant growing in the lawn, making their pollen and nectar toxic to bees, butterflies, bumblebees, and hoverflies.
Imidacloprid kills or poisons most of the invertebrate life living on the lawn and underground in the soil: – every beetle, ladybird, lacewing, hoverfly, earthworm, earwig, wireworm, millipede etc. Effectively this reduces any lawn, golf course or park to an ecological desert, above and below ground. If there are no earthworms or leatherjackets, there will be no food for starlings, robins, sparrows or other insectivorous birds – no moles or hedgehogs. That is why our parks, gardens and lawns are almost devoid of life.
PROVADO ULTIMATE BUG KILLER – CONTAINS THIACLOPRID (UK)
Product Description
Contact and systemic action insecticide; offers the best all round protection for flowers, fruit and vegetables
Effective against: Aphids, Whitefly, Caterpillars, Lily Beetle, Scale, Sawfly, Mealybug, Leaf Beetle, Leaf Hopper,Thrips & Woolly Aphid.
It also kills bees, bumblebees, butterflies, hoverflies, ladybirds, beetles
• Up to 6 weeks control of a wide range of pests
• Rapid action and long lasting protection
• Use outdoors and indoors
• Use on flowers and a wide range of edibles
• 1 Litre; When to use: All year round
COMMENT: Provado is one of Bayer’s largest and most profitable sales items. Millions of gardeners or houseplant owners use this systemic, persistent poison on roses, garden flowers, hanging baskets, potted plants, seedlings etc. They are completely unaware that by using this pesticide they are poisoning almost any insect, bee, butterfly, bumblebee or ladybird that visits their garden.
SYSTEMIC TREE AND SHRUB PROTECT AND FEED (USA)
• Provides 12-Month Insect Protection & Slow-Release Fertilization
• Kills Damaging Insects And Prevents New Infestations
• 2-1-1 Fertilizer - Long-Lasting Feeding
• Active Ingredient: 1.1% Imidacloprid
• 3-Pounds - Granule Form - Easy-To-Use Measuring Cap
“Kills insects and prevents new infestations for 12 months. Systemic rainproof protection won’t wash off.”
Comment: If this product is applied as granules to any tree or shrub, it will render the blossom, nectar and pollen toxic to bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects. Gardeners who have ornamental cherries, rowans, lilacs, linden trees or any blossoming tree, may use this pesticide, and remain blissfully unaware that they are poisoning bees and insects on a massive scale. Trees will remain poisonous to bees for years if treated annually.
INSECT CONTROL & FERTILIZER PLANT SPIKES (USA)
• Easy-to-Use Plant Spikes
• Kills Insects and Feeds Plants for up to 2 Months
• Use in Potted Plants, Indoors or Outdoors
• Kills Aphids, Leafhoppers, Mealybugs, Plant bugs, Scales, Thrips and Whiteflies
• Use on potted roses, palms, ficus, houseplants, hibiscus, flowers, vines, and containerized shrubs and trees.
• From the Manufacturer
• The spikes that protect and feed for up to 8 weeks. Free applicator easily inserts spikes right at plant roots. For potted plants - indoors or outdoors. Kills: Aphids, Leafhoppers, Mealybugs, Plant bugs, Scales, Thrips and Whiteflies. Where to Use: Potted roses, palms, ficus, houseplants, hibiscus, flowers, vines, and containerized shrubs and trees. Active Ingredients: Imidacloprid 2.5%
This systemic insecticide would make the flowers of roses, houseplants etc. toxic to all bees and pollinators
TREE AND SHRUB INSECT CONTROL (USA ONLY)
Features: -Best value for more mature trees. -Highly concentrated formula. -Kills insects and prevents new infestations.
-12 month protection. -Active ingredient: 2.94% Merit (Imidacloprid).
This product kills bees, bumblebees, butterflies and other non-target insects.
DUAL ACTION ROSE AND FLOWER INSECT KILLER (USA ONLY)
Kills insects on contact for up to 30 days
Kills ants, aphids, caterpillars, crickets, lacewings, grasshoppers, moth larvae
Contains BCyfluthrin and Imidacloprid (systemic(
Neonicotinoids have been strongly implicated in the loss of over 10,000,000 bee colonies worldwide since 1998, as confirmed in dozens of independent, peer-reviewed scientific studies. In addition, the American Bird Conservancy has concluded that neonics are linked with the massive loss of birds across the USA, more so than any other factor which was studied.
Neonicotinoids: ‘The Poison that Just Keeps on Giving’
Neonics are not like earlier generations of insecticidal poisons. They are systemic: when applied as seed coatings or foliar sprays, they are absorbed into the entire living structure of the plant and render every part of it deadly to any insect via: roots, leaves, sap, stem, flowers, pollen, nectar and fruit or grain. Any bee, butterfly or bumblebee which gathers food from a flower that has been sprayed with neonicotinoid products is likely to be severely damaged or killed; that is what these poisons are designed to do. The neurotoxins cause bees to become disoriented and to cease foraging; if they are acutely poisoned in the field they simply never find their way home to the hive; this explains why, in so-called Colony Collapse Disorder, beekeepers do not find hives full of dead bees – they find hives which are completely empty of bees. The bees go out in the morning and feed on flowers poisoned with neonicotinoids, and they die alone in the fields, they never find the way home.
Another aspect of these revolutionary poisons is that they persist inside the plant and the flower for weeks or months on end – so they carry on poisoning insects for the entire life of the plant. Within the EU it is ‘illegal’ to license any pesticide that persists in soil for more than 120 days – but neonics remain active in the soil of treated fields for up to four years. Soil is permanently poisonous to all forms of insect and invertebrate life.
There is No Such Thing as a ‘Safe’ Spray
They labels on these products warn the user that they are deadly poisonous for bees, and advise the user ‘not to use when bees are present’. They also suggest that you avoid spraying when flowers are in bloom – which gives the impression that if you spray before the flowers open, that bees and butterflies will be ‘safe’ from the deadly poison. This is utterly untrue. Since neonicotinoids are systemic – they will be absorbed into the entire plant structure whenever the plant is sprayed; so if you apply the poison to the leaves weeks before the flowers open, the bee-killing poison will still appear in the flower, the pollen and the nectar weeks later. Moreover, the flower will remain poisonous to bees as long as it is in bloom.
Here are just a few of the neonicotinoid based products from Bayer which are currently for sale online in the UK and USA.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bayer-Provado-Ultimate-Killer-Concentrate/dp/B0030FYFW6
PROVADO LAWN GRUB KILLER: (UK)
Product Features and Technical Details
Product Features
• Season long control from just one application.
• Controls chafer grubs and leatherjackets (daddy longleg larvae)
• Does not harm beneficial organisms. (completely untrue – it kills bees, bumblebees, butterflies and pollinators).
• Children and pets need not be excluded from treated areas once dry.
Technical Details
Provado Lawn Grub Killer contains Imidacloprid. Use plant protection products/biocides safely. Always read the label and product information before use. Pay attention to the risk indications and follow the safety precautions on the label.
“HIGH RISK to Bees: Apply Away from Bees; Do not apply when flowering weeds are present”
“Contains Imidacloprid 5% ww as a wettable granule.
COMMENT: this systemic insecticide persists and remains toxic in the soil for up to 2 years. It can be re-absorbed into any daisy, dandelion or other plant growing in the lawn, making their pollen and nectar toxic to bees, butterflies, bumblebees, and hoverflies.
Imidacloprid kills or poisons most of the invertebrate life living on the lawn and underground in the soil: – every beetle, ladybird, lacewing, hoverfly, earthworm, earwig, wireworm, millipede etc. Effectively this reduces any lawn, golf course or park to an ecological desert, above and below ground. If there are no earthworms or leatherjackets, there will be no food for starlings, robins, sparrows or other insectivorous birds – no moles or hedgehogs. That is why our parks, gardens and lawns are almost devoid of life.
PROVADO ULTIMATE BUG KILLER – CONTAINS THIACLOPRID (UK)
Product Description
Contact and systemic action insecticide; offers the best all round protection for flowers, fruit and vegetables
Effective against: Aphids, Whitefly, Caterpillars, Lily Beetle, Scale, Sawfly, Mealybug, Leaf Beetle, Leaf Hopper,Thrips & Woolly Aphid.
It also kills bees, bumblebees, butterflies, hoverflies, ladybirds, beetles
• Up to 6 weeks control of a wide range of pests
• Rapid action and long lasting protection
• Use outdoors and indoors
• Use on flowers and a wide range of edibles
• 1 Litre; When to use: All year round
COMMENT: Provado is one of Bayer’s largest and most profitable sales items. Millions of gardeners or houseplant owners use this systemic, persistent poison on roses, garden flowers, hanging baskets, potted plants, seedlings etc. They are completely unaware that by using this pesticide they are poisoning almost any insect, bee, butterfly, bumblebee or ladybird that visits their garden.
SYSTEMIC TREE AND SHRUB PROTECT AND FEED (USA)
• Provides 12-Month Insect Protection & Slow-Release Fertilization
• Kills Damaging Insects And Prevents New Infestations
• 2-1-1 Fertilizer - Long-Lasting Feeding
• Active Ingredient: 1.1% Imidacloprid
• 3-Pounds - Granule Form - Easy-To-Use Measuring Cap
“Kills insects and prevents new infestations for 12 months. Systemic rainproof protection won’t wash off.”
Comment: If this product is applied as granules to any tree or shrub, it will render the blossom, nectar and pollen toxic to bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects. Gardeners who have ornamental cherries, rowans, lilacs, linden trees or any blossoming tree, may use this pesticide, and remain blissfully unaware that they are poisoning bees and insects on a massive scale. Trees will remain poisonous to bees for years if treated annually.
INSECT CONTROL & FERTILIZER PLANT SPIKES (USA)
• Easy-to-Use Plant Spikes
• Kills Insects and Feeds Plants for up to 2 Months
• Use in Potted Plants, Indoors or Outdoors
• Kills Aphids, Leafhoppers, Mealybugs, Plant bugs, Scales, Thrips and Whiteflies
• Use on potted roses, palms, ficus, houseplants, hibiscus, flowers, vines, and containerized shrubs and trees.
• From the Manufacturer
• The spikes that protect and feed for up to 8 weeks. Free applicator easily inserts spikes right at plant roots. For potted plants - indoors or outdoors. Kills: Aphids, Leafhoppers, Mealybugs, Plant bugs, Scales, Thrips and Whiteflies. Where to Use: Potted roses, palms, ficus, houseplants, hibiscus, flowers, vines, and containerized shrubs and trees. Active Ingredients: Imidacloprid 2.5%
This systemic insecticide would make the flowers of roses, houseplants etc. toxic to all bees and pollinators
TREE AND SHRUB INSECT CONTROL (USA ONLY)
Features: -Best value for more mature trees. -Highly concentrated formula. -Kills insects and prevents new infestations.
-12 month protection. -Active ingredient: 2.94% Merit (Imidacloprid).
This product kills bees, bumblebees, butterflies and other non-target insects.
DUAL ACTION ROSE AND FLOWER INSECT KILLER (USA ONLY)
Kills insects on contact for up to 30 days
Kills ants, aphids, caterpillars, crickets, lacewings, grasshoppers, moth larvae
Contains BCyfluthrin and Imidacloprid (systemic(
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