Post by Claude Hachey on Jan 3, 2007 14:15:36 GMT -7
Just got this from a friend - wonder how the Adee's were applying oxalic - with a shop towel?? Tsk-tsk. Evidence trail.
The following can be found at : minnesotaagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=1095&yr=2006
MDA Concludes Enforcement Action with Honey Producer
Minnesota Ag Connection - 12/06/2006
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) recently concluded an enforcement action against Adee Honey Farms, of Bruce, South Dakota. Adee Honey Farms produces honey and in 2006 had several thousand bee colonies in Minnesota.
Adee Honey Farms paid a $14,000 settlement penalty to the MDA for illegal use of pesticides within bee colonies to control Varroa mites and for making a false statement to MDA inspectors. MDA learned of the pesticide misuse in June 2006 during a random pesticide use inspection at two Adee Honey Farm bee colonies in Yellow Medicine County. MDA inspectors noticed blue paper towels in several hives. Follow-up laboratory testing showed that the towels contained oxalic acid and fluvalinate.
The U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) has not registered any pesticide with the active ingredient oxalic acid for use in bee hives. Additionally, the only fluvalinate pesticide EPA has registered for use in bee hives is found in the pesticide product Apistan. This product is available in the form of strips, not paper towels. Apistan strips, however, are more costly than the liquid fluvalinate pesticide that MDA determined Adee Honey Farm used. The owner and operator of Adee Honey Farms told MDA investigators he was aware that the pesticides he used were illegal and not for use in bee hives.
State and federal law requires that pesticides must be used in accordance with label directions, and this includes proper use sites. Pesticide label directions and restrictions are designed to protect human health and the environment, so it is imperative that users of these products read and follow the labels. Because the pesticides Adee Honey Farms used were not labeled for use in bee hives, no use directions and human or environmental precautions were on the labels.
The following can be found at : minnesotaagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=1095&yr=2006
MDA Concludes Enforcement Action with Honey Producer
Minnesota Ag Connection - 12/06/2006
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) recently concluded an enforcement action against Adee Honey Farms, of Bruce, South Dakota. Adee Honey Farms produces honey and in 2006 had several thousand bee colonies in Minnesota.
Adee Honey Farms paid a $14,000 settlement penalty to the MDA for illegal use of pesticides within bee colonies to control Varroa mites and for making a false statement to MDA inspectors. MDA learned of the pesticide misuse in June 2006 during a random pesticide use inspection at two Adee Honey Farm bee colonies in Yellow Medicine County. MDA inspectors noticed blue paper towels in several hives. Follow-up laboratory testing showed that the towels contained oxalic acid and fluvalinate.
The U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) has not registered any pesticide with the active ingredient oxalic acid for use in bee hives. Additionally, the only fluvalinate pesticide EPA has registered for use in bee hives is found in the pesticide product Apistan. This product is available in the form of strips, not paper towels. Apistan strips, however, are more costly than the liquid fluvalinate pesticide that MDA determined Adee Honey Farm used. The owner and operator of Adee Honey Farms told MDA investigators he was aware that the pesticides he used were illegal and not for use in bee hives.
State and federal law requires that pesticides must be used in accordance with label directions, and this includes proper use sites. Pesticide label directions and restrictions are designed to protect human health and the environment, so it is imperative that users of these products read and follow the labels. Because the pesticides Adee Honey Farms used were not labeled for use in bee hives, no use directions and human or environmental precautions were on the labels.