Pollinator Protection: N.C. Assoc. of Soil and Water Conser - PowerPoint Presentation

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Pollinator Protection: N.C. Assoc. of Soil and Water Conservation Districts

J. Patrick Jones

North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services

Structural Pest Control & Pesticides DivisionSlide2

Honey Bee

Apis

MelliferaSlide3
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THE NEW EPA BEE ADVISORY BOX

On 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.Slide5

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.Slide6

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.

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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.Slide8

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 responseSlide9

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.Slide10

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 Slide11

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 ApplicationsSlide12

SHORTFALLS

Only apply after all flower petals have fallen

off?

Directions For Use –

For Non Agricultural ApplicationsSlide13
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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

ParasitesPathogensLack of Genetic Diversity, andPesticidesSlide15

Presidential

Memorandum

Expand Federal Efforts and Take New Steps to Reverse Pollinator Losses and Restore Populations to Healthy Levels:

Establishing the Pollinator Health Task ForceChaired by Secretary of Agriculture and Administrator of EPA

Develop a National Pollinator Health

Strategy,

which shall include explicit goals, milestones, and metrics to measure

progressSlide16

Presidential

Memorandum

The Strategy shall include the following

components:Pollinator Research Action PlanPublic Education Plan

Public-Private

Partnerships

Increasing and Improving Pollinator HabitatSlide17

Pollinator Protection

Plans

Mississippi’s “Bee Aware” FlagPart of a statewide effort to foster Communication

Hive and Flag PlacementGPSNotify Ground and Aerial Applicators of Hive LocationsTiming of ApplicationsSlide18

ND Pollinator PlanGoalsEnsuring positive relationships & peaceful co-existenceReducing pesticide exposure and risk to pollinators

Ensuring robust apiary industry & agriculture economyContinued high compliance with state pesticide & apiary requirementsSlide19
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Pollinator Protection

Plans

Florida DACS – Citrus Green – Asian citrus psyllidBeekeepers Must Register

Bee Locator – 1 mile square CommunicationWritten AgreementsSlide21

Pollinator Protection Task Force

NC Pollinator Protection Task Force

- NC Farm Bureau - NCSU - NCDA&CS - Commodity Groups

- Beekeepers - Agrochem IndustryPotential Plan of Work:Pollinator Plan FlagsMappingSlide22

Pesticide Regulations –

Apiary Registration Program

02 NCAC 09L .1009 NOTIFICATION OF APIARIES

Any 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)

W

ritten

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 listSlide23

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 beekeepersSlide24

We welcome your input…

Wayne_Buhler@ncsu.edu

David_Tarpy@ncsu.edu

Debbie.Hamrick@ncfb.orgPatrick.Jones@ncagr.gov