The Spokesman Review The improper application of the insecticide dinotefuran to control aphids in the lindens. The bees killed represented several hundred wild colonies of an already struggling pollinator insect. We count on such insects to pollinate a host of vegetable ...
Naples Daily News I recommend one soil-root rate drench dose of dinotefuran (Safari) or imidacloprid (Merit for professionals) or Bayer Advanced Tree & Shrub Insect Control for homeowners. Merit may take two weeks to move into the aboveground plant parts from the roots, ...
OPB News Dinotefuran is the active ingredient in the insecticide Safari, which was used on 55 blooming linden trees in a Wilsonville target parking lot earlier this mo...
PCT Magazine Editor's note: The National Pest Management Association issued the following Product Stewardship Alert in response to Oregon's decision to restrict the use ...
Hillsboro Tribune Since determining the bees in Wilsonville were killed by Safari, the Oregon Department of Agriculture has temporarily restricted the use of Safari and 18 other pesticides that use the active ingredient “ dinotefuran .” Many of those at the Wilsonville ...
wtvr.com Pesticides containing dinotefuran can no longer be used on plants, or at least not until the ban is lifted. ODA officials said they're acting “in an abundance of caution” in issuing the ban. Director Katy Coba said she hopes the decision minimizes the ...
Guardian Express The Oregon Department of Agriculture is currently banning over 18 pesticides containing dinotefuran , which has been linked to honey-bee die-off while investigations continue on the major bee deaths which happened this past month in both Wilsonville and ...
York County Coast Star Ironically, on June 15 the misapplication of the neonicotinoid pesticide called Safari, with the active ingredient dinotefuran , is believed to have resulted in the largest known die-off of bumblebees ever recorded in this country. It's estimated that ...
The Columbian After an investigation into the deaths -- which occurred just two days before the start of National Pollinator Week -- a Xerces Society specialist learned trees in the parking lot had been sprayed with a pesticide containing dinotefuran in order to ...