Wildlife Research Management 1983
Information has been sought through the Secretary of the Australian Fisheries Council and the Secretary of CONCOM from all fish and wildlife agencies in Australia on incidents during the last 12 months where fish or wildlife are thought to have been effected adversely by the use or misuse of Agricultural chemicals
8. Fisheries & Wildlife Division - Victoria
(b) 100 hives of bees were lost probably caused by drift of carbaryl from a nearby orchard.
His hives were placed along Long Forest Road near Bacchus Marsh to work the yellow box in the adjacent mallee forest. An orchardist on the south side of the Western Highway, several kilometres away down the valley was observed to be spraying the previous day.
Carbaryl is commonly used by orchardists to promote fruit drop, but the owner denied having used it, saying her intended to use in a few days time.
Carbaryl is extremely toxic to bees. Dead bees were analysed by the DAV laboratory as having 0.8 - 0.7 ppm carbaryl residue but no organochlorine and no organophosphate residues.
Wildlife Research Management 1983?
Information has been sought through the Secretary of the Australian Fisheries Council and the Secretary of CONCOM from all fish and wildlife agencies in Australia on incidents during the last 12 months where fish or wildlife are thought to have been effected adversely by the use or misuse of Agricultural chemicals
8. Fisheries & Wildlife Division – Victoria
(b) 100 hives of bees were lost probably caused by drift of carbaryl from a nearby orchard.
His hives were placed along Long Forest Road near Bacchus Marsh to work the yellow box in the adjacent mallee forest. An orchardist on the south side of the Western Highway, several kilometres away down the valley was observed to be spraying the previous day.
Carbaryl is commonly used by orchardists to promote fruit drop, but the owner denied having used it, saying her intended to use in a few days time.
Carbaryl is extremely toxic to bees. Dead bees were analysed by the DAV laboratory as having 0.8 – 0.7 ppm carbaryl residue but no organochlorine and no organophosphate residues.