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Pollinator Protection: N.C.
Assoc. of Soil and Water Conservation
Districts J. Patrick JonesNorth Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Structural Pest Control & Pesticides Division
Honey Bee Apis Mellifera
THE NEW EPA BEE ADVISORY BOXOn EPA’s new and strengthened pesticide label to protect pollinators
APPLICATION RESTRICTIONS EXIST FOR THIS PRODUCT BECAUSE OF RISK TO BEES AND OTHER INSECT POLLINATORS. FOLLOW APPLICATION RESTRICTIONS FOUND IN THE DIRECTIONS FOR USE TO PROTECT POLLINATORS.
Alerts users to separate restrictions
on the label. These prohibit certain pesticide use
when bees are present.
LOOK FOR THE BEE HAZARD ICON IN THE DIRECTIONS FOR USE FOR EACH
APPLICATION SITE FOR SPECIFIC USE RESTRICTIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS TO
PROTECT BEES AND OTHER INSECT POLLINATORS.
The new bee icon helps signal the pesticide’s potential
hazard to bees.
THIS PRODUCT CAN KILL BEES AND OTHER INSECT POLLINATORS. BEES AND OTHER INSECT POLLINATORS WILL FORAGE ON PLANTS WHEN THEY FLOWER, SHED POLLEN, OR PRODUCE NECTAR.
Bees are often present and foraging
when plants and trees flower. EPA’s new label makes it clear that
Pesticides cannot be applied until all petals
have fallen.
Makes clear that pesticide products can kill bees and pollinators.
BEES AND OTHER INSECT POLLINATORS CAN BE EXPOSED TO THIS PESTICIDE FROM:
• DIRECT CONTACT DURING FOLIAR APPLICATIONS, OR CONTACT WITH RESIDUES ON PLANT SURFACES AFTER FOLIAR APPLICATIONS.
• INGESTION OF RESIDUES IN NECTAR AND POLLEN WHEN THE PESTICIDE IS APPLIED AS A SEED TREATMENT, SOIL, TREE INJECTION, AS WELL AS FOLIAR APPLICATIONS.
Warns users that direct contact and ingestion could harm pollinators. EPA is working with beekeepers,
growers, pesticide companies, and others to advance pesticide management practices.
WHEN USING THIS PRODUCT TAKE STEPS TO:
• MINIMIZE EXPOSURE OF THIS PRODUCT TO BEES AND OTHER INSECT POLLINATORS WHEN THEY ARE FORAGING ON POLLINATOR ATTRACTIVE PLANTS AROUND THE APPLICATION SITE.
• MINIMIZE DRIFT OF THIS PRODUCT ON BEEHIVES OR TO OFF-SITE POLLINATOR ATTRACTIVE HABITAT. DRIFT OF THIS PRODUCT ONTO BEEHIVES CAN RESULT IN BEE KILLS.
Highlights the importance of
avoiding drift. Sometimes, wind can cause pesticides
to drift to new areas and can cause
bee kills.
The science says that there are many causes for a decline in pollinator health, including pesticide exposure. EPA’s new label will help protect
pollinators.
Directions For Use – For Crops Under Contracted Pollination Services
• Do not apply this product while bees are foraging. Do not apply this product until flowering is complete and all petals have fallen unless the following condition has been met.
• If an application must be made when managed bees are at the treatment site, the beekeeper providing the pollination services must be notified no less than 48-hours prior to the time of the planned application so that the bees can be removed, covered or otherwise protected prior to spraying.
Directions For Use – For Crops Under Contracted Pollination Services
• SHORTFALLS• Only protects hives from the contracted
pollinator. Provides limited protection to other pollinators and no protection for neighboring hives.
• This group is well known to each other and are communicating about pesticide applications.
Directions For Use – For Food Crops & Commercially Grown Ornamentals Not Under Contract for Pollination Services but are Attractive to Pollinators
• Do not apply this product while bees are foraging. Do not apply this product until flowering is complete and all petals have fallen unless one of the following conditions has been met.
• The application is made to the target site after sunset
• The application is made to the target site when temperatures are below 55˚F
• The application is made in accordance with a government-initiated public health response
Directions For Use – For Food Crops & Commercially Grown Ornamentals Not Under Contract for Pollination Services but are Attractive to Pollinators
• The application is made in accordance with an active state-administered apiary registry program where beekeepers are notified no less than 48-hours prior to the time of the planned application so that the bees can be removed, covered or otherwise protected prior to spraying
• The application is made due to an imminent threat of significant crop loss and a documented determination consistent with an IPM plan or predetermined economic threshold is met. Every effort should be made to notify beekeepers no less than 48 hours prior to the time of the planned application so that the bees can be removed, covered, or otherwise protected prior to spraying.
Directions For Use – For Food Crops & Commercially Grown Ornamentals Not Under Contract for Pollination Services but are Attractive to Pollinators
• SHORTFALLS
• Challenges of night time application
• Limited days of below 55˚F during growing season
• Will need to change NC Registered Apiary Regulation to allow 48 hour notification
• More research needed for IPM and crop loss data
• RT 25 Values > 12 hours
Do not apply [insert name of product] while bees are foraging. Do not apply [insert name of product] to plants that are flowering. Only apply after all flower petals have fallen off.
Directions For Use – For Non Agricultural Applications
• SHORTFALLS
• Only apply after all flower petals have fallen off?
Directions For Use – For Non Agricultural Applications
Presidential Memorandum
Creating a Federal Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators – June 20, 2014
• Pollinator Reduction Believed to be Linked to:– Poor Bee Nutrition– Loss of Forage Lands– Parasites– Pathogens– Lack of Genetic Diversity, and– Pesticides
Presidential Memorandum
• Expand Federal Efforts and Take New Steps to Reverse Pollinator Losses and Restore Populations to Healthy Levels:– Establishing the Pollinator Health Task Force• Chaired by Secretary of Agriculture and Administrator
of EPA• Develop a National Pollinator Health Strategy, which
shall include explicit goals, milestones, and metrics to measure progress
Presidential Memorandum
– The Strategy shall include the following components:• Pollinator Research Action Plan• Public Education Plan• Public-Private Partnerships
– Increasing and Improving Pollinator Habitat
Pollinator Protection Plans
• Mississippi’s “Bee Aware” Flag– Part of a statewide effort to foster Communication– Hive and Flag Placement– GPS– Notify Ground and Aerial
Applicators of Hive Locations– Timing of Applications
ND Pollinator PlanGoals
• Ensuring positive relationships & peaceful co-existence
• Reducing pesticide exposure and risk to pollinators
• Ensuring robust apiary industry & agriculture economy
• Continued high compliance with state pesticide & apiary requirements
Pollinator Protection Plans
• Florida DACS – Citrus Green – Asian citrus psyllid– Beekeepers Must Register– Bee Locator – 1 mile square – Communication– Written Agreements
Pollinator Protection Task Force
• NC Pollinator Protection Task Force- NC Farm Bureau - NCSU - NCDA&CS - Commodity Groups- Beekeepers - Agrochem Industry
• Potential Plan of Work:– Pollinator Plan – Flags– Mapping
Pesticide Regulations – Apiary Registration Program
02 NCAC 09L .1009 NOTIFICATION OF APIARIESAny person who hires the services of an aerial applicator to apply a pesticide labeled as toxic to bees, shall notify, based on available listings of registered apiaries, the owner or operator of any registered apiary located within one‑half mile of the target area not less than twenty‑four hours nor more than ten days prior to the beginning of a single application or a seasonal spray schedule, giving the approximate time of day of application and type of pesticide to be used. Notification may be either oral or written. Notification for the purposes of this Paragraph is defined as follows:
(1) Written communication by:
(a) U.S. mail,
(b) Notification left at residence, or
(c) Notification left at alternate as designated on the honeybee registration list
(2) Oral communication by:
(a) telephone,
(b) personal communication, or
(c) verbal communication with an alternate as designated on the honeybee registration list
What’s on the Radar?
• Follow national discussions on pollinator health
• Revise Registered Apiary Program• Pollinator Protection Plan (e.g., MS, ND, FL)– What would NC’s look like?– Guidance document—BMPs for pesticide
applicators and beekeepers
