Bee protection or not

Bienenschutz oder doch nicht

Guest

http://www.doitgarden.ch/de/garten/pflanzenpflege/pflanzenschutzmittel/spray-gegen-schaedlinge--500-ml/pp.658408200000

Supplementary information

SP1 Do not allow product and/or its container to enter bodies of water.
SPE8 Hazardous to bees / To protect bees and other pollinating insects, do not apply to flowering crops / Do not apply where bees are actively foraging / Hives must be removed or covered during application and for (specify time) after treatment / Do not apply in the presence of flowering weeds / Weeds must be removed before flowering / Do not apply before (specify time).
BGEF_EUH401 To avoid risks to humans and the environment, follow the instructions for use.

Declarable substances

Lambda-cyhalothrin 0.015 g/l

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Guest

SPe 8 Bienengefährlich
1. Migros claims that this spray and all other biological plant protection products on the market are harmless to bees

2. the obligatory warnings are not correctly reproduced

3. this product is not compatible with the promise to Noah

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Guest

Louse control should perhaps no longer be recommended for such crops, although the FOAG still does so at present: http://www.bvl.bund.de/DE/04_Pflanzenschutzmittel/06_Fachmeldungen/2016/2016_08_02_Zulassungs%C3%A4nderung_Pirimicarb.html

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Guest

You don't need synthetic chemicals.
Just by watering with rainwater you have far fewer pests.
There are biological agents against aphids, scale insects, spider mites, thrips and mealybugs. For example, sprays made from tansy and/or horsetail and/or nettle. Add a little curd soap and a splash of white spirit. Nasturtium, lavender, sage or thyme are very effective against many pests. Fresh grass cuttings around vegetables also help well against aphids, it attracts the aphids away from the plants and also makes good fertilizer. An acidic bed (bog bed) nearby helps against whiteflies. This can also consist of just a pot with a blue hydrangea or a blueberry bush.

You can also have all this in a block apartment where you only have a balcony. It's not rocket science, it's organic, harmless, costs almost nothing and looks beautiful.

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Loxiran

Greenpeace has tested flowers and ornamental plants from garden centers, DIY stores and supermarkets across Europe. Three quarters of the plants tested were contaminated with pesticides that are harmful to bees.

For the study, 86 samples of 35 plant species were taken in ten European countries, including horned violets, forget-me-nots and lavender. 79 percent of the plants tested contained substances that can be harmful to bees, and in Switzerland the figure is as high as 100 percent. more than half of the pesticides detected in the Swiss samples are not permitted in ornamental plant cultivation.flower samples from Jumbo, Migros, Coop and the garden and DIY stores Obi, Bauhaus and Hauenstein were tested.

http://www.greenpeace.org/switzerland/de/News_Stories/Newsblog/pestizide-im-blumenbeet/blog/49045/

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londophil

I took a closer look at the issue of products that are no longer authorized. All the pesticides currently on sale in Migros are approved. The confusion has arisen because some products have been given a new formulation, but the name of the product has been retained. You can find more details on the FOAG website:http://www.blw.admin.ch/psm/produkte/index.html?lang=de&char=M

What remains, however, is the unclean communication regarding the ban on pesticides that are harmful to bees. I still expect Migros to keep its promise and remove all products that are harmful to bees from its range.

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Guest

@londophil
The confusion has also arisen because Migros has still not updated the warnings on the affected products to this day (!)! Migros must be finding it very difficult to add the words "SPe 8 - hazardous to bees" to the warnings. It is a mystery why this has not been done long ago? And also surprising that this is not better controlled? Migros has been offering the "new" products for 14 days now, with an outdated warning label! It is important that the authorization number on the product matches the FOAG authorization number when checking the current authorization. A lot has changed in the last few days, so that you can no longer find anything, even with Google, or always end up at the wrong destination. Even on the Migros page at the FOAG, the links still led to the old products after 31.07.2016. As the FOAG search engine is currently undergoing maintenance and is not available, it was still impossible to find the current authorization a few days ago. Now all Migros products can be looked up again at the FOAG and it is not uncommon to find the warning "SPe 8 - hazardous to bees", which Migros has not yet adopted, although I assume that this should not be the case. I will probably contact the cantonal chemist again on Monday and want to know why Migros has not yet had to update the warnings!

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Guest

"The Swiss approval procedure for plant protection products has weaknesses that could pose a risk to the environment and the population. This is the opinion of the environmental associations WWF Switzerland, Bird Life Switzerland, Pro Natura and Greenpeace Switzerland. FOEN should approve plant protection products instead of FOAG." https://www.schweizerbauer.ch/pflanzen/pflanzenschutz/bafu-soll-anstatt-blw-pflanzenschutzmittel-zulassen-30277.html

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Guest

Profit is more important to Migros than life

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Guest

If a company makes such a promise, then it should stick to it! Generation-M (there are almost 100,000 likes on Facebook!) could organize a boycott against Migros until the promise is kept (again?)!

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Guest

Facebook, the joke of the decade, should be called Fakebook. Of the 100,000 Generation M followers, you'd be lucky if 100 of them questioned anything even once. People only like it because it spices up their profile when they like something seemingly good. It makes it easier for them to find more stupid friends who are of no use to them. Liking is just as pointless there as it is here, because you can't click Dislike anywhere. So only approval is collected but no rejection. The 100,000 likers say nothing, because there might be 500,000 dislikers if you counted them.

But for Migros, of course, Fakebook is a real boon because 99.99% of users don't get it. It's a great way to self-congratulate, you don't really have to fear criticism with so many people who don't want to think for themselves. And that's exactly why the dishonest bee promise will be completely forgotten in a few months. Migros has already taken the first step towards achieving this. It has taken the promise off the net. Out of sight, out of mind, and in a year's time all the poison will be back on the shelves.

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