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Effect On Bees Of Insecticides Used On Rape, A C. Kessell
Effect On Bees Of Insecticides Used On Rape, A C. Kessell
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Rapeseed could provide beekeepers in Western Australia with a valuable new honey crop—hut insecticidal spraying of rape at flowering time is a potentially serious threat to most commercial beekeepers.
There are indications that insect pollination may improve rapeseed yields, so both growers and beekeepers could gain from a co-operative approach to the problem. Spraying after sundown and preventing spray drift to nearby apiaries should avoid most losses.
Poison Plant Problems, T E H Aplin
Poison Plant Problems, T E H Aplin
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
A POISON plant may be defined as a plant which, when eaten by humans or animals, exerts harmful effects or causes death by virtue of its toxic substances.