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What are the laws concerning buffer zones around apiaries when conducting pesticide spraying from the air? What can be done to protect our bees duri...
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Aerial insecticide spraying #317572
Asked April 30, 2016, 10:17 AM EDT
What are the laws concerning buffer zones around apiaries when conducting pesticide spraying from the air? What can be done to protect our bees during this spraying? We live in the Elkhorn community at Springville, TN. Also, what about wild bees and other pollinators? Would spraying at night help?
County Tennessee
Expert Response
Tennessee's Department of Agriculture has an apiary registration program that benefits the honeybees in several ways. You can view that list at https://www.tn.gov/agriculture/article/ag-businesses-apiary-registration.
One benefit specifically states that registration of apiaries is 'E-mail and postal notification of aerial spraying of pesticides in your area when we are notified of the spraying projects'.
You can also view Tennessee's Pesticide Laws at https://ag.tennessee.edu/PSEP/Documents/EPP714.pdf. Another good place to pose some questions would be UT's Pesticide Safety Education Program, contact info below.
One benefit specifically states that registration of apiaries is 'E-mail and postal notification of aerial spraying of pesticides in your area when we are notified of the spraying projects'.
You can also view Tennessee's Pesticide Laws at https://ag.tennessee.edu/PSEP/Documents/EPP714.pdf. Another good place to pose some questions would be UT's Pesticide Safety Education Program, contact info below.
PSEP
Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology
Universityof Tennessee
2431 Joe Johnson Drive
Room 205 Ellington Plant Sciences
Knoxville, TN 37996-4560
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