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Incident Report
Subform I: General Information
1. Report Type.
New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2013-3656
2. Registrant Information.
Registrant Reference Number: x
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): x
Address: x
City: x
Prov / State: x
Country: x
Postal Code: X
3. Select the appropriate subform(s) for the incident.
Environment
4. Date registrant was first informed of the incident.
5. Location of incident.
Country: CANADA
Prov / State: ONTARIO
6. Date incident was first observed.
07-JUN-13Product Description
7. a) Provide the active ingredient and, if available, the registration number and product name (include all tank mixes). If the product is not registered provide a submission number.
Active(s)PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No.
Product Name: unknown
- Active Ingredient(s)
- THIABENDAZOLE
7. b) Type of formulation.
Application Information
8. Product was applied?
Unknown
9. Application Rate.
Unknown
10. Site pesticide was applied to (select all that apply).
Site: Unknown / Inconnu
11. Provide any additional information regarding application (how it was applied, amount applied, the size of the area treated etc).
To be determined by Registrant
12. In your opinion, was the product used according to the label instructions?
Unknown
Subform IV: Environment (includes plants insects and wildlife)
1. Type of organism affected
Terr. Invrtbrt-Honey Bee/Inv.Ter-Abeille
2. Common name(s)
honey bee
3. Scientific name(s)
Unknown
4. Number of organisms affected
Unknown
5. Description of site where incident was observed
Fresh water
Terrestrial
Agricultural
Salt Water
6. Check all symptoms that apply
Death
7. Describe symptoms and outcome (died, recovered, etc.).
There were a total of 600 colonies in the bee yard. There were 600 affected colonies. There were between 0 - 500 dead bees per colony observed outside of hive. After the adverse effects there was a noticeable decline in foraging. Adult bee symptoms included shaking/trembling/twitching, crawling, disoriented. Additionally, sitting on flowers, running up and down grass. No brood symptoms. No queen symptoms observed. Samples of water taken from water sample from affected yard. Labelled sample #2 had no detected active ingredients. Sample of water taken from Water sample from affected yard. Labelled Sample #1, had positive detects for Fosthiasate. Samples of water taken from Water sample from puddle in adjacent farm field to affected yard. Labelled Sample #3 had no detected active ingredients. Sample of dead bees taken from affected hive, composite dead bees from affected bowl yard had positive detects for thiabendazole. Samples of dead bees taken from affected hive, composite dead bees from affected bowl yard had no detected active ingredients. Samples of dead bees taken from affected hive, composite dead bees from affected bowl yard had no detected active ingredients. The weather at the time of the incident was sunny. Prior to the incident, there were an average frames of bees was 1, frames of brood was 1, and frames of pollen and honey was 1. After the incident, there were an average of 1 frames of bees, 1 frames of brood, and 1 frames of pollen and honey. Additional food sources provided to the bees included sugar syrup. In 2012, the following treatments were applied to the hives: fluvalinate-tau. Information on crops located near the beeyards: Corn was 1 km from the beeyard. Other crops in the area include an area that was forested. Soybean was 1 km from the beeyard. Other crops in the area included an area that was forested. 3 large fields of oats was 500 - 1000m from the beeyard, and was planted on 2013-09-03. Milled oats, untreated was used on the crop. Other crops in the area include previously planted w/ winter wheat. Area surrounding bee yard is filled with trees, wildflowers (wild and planted), fruit trees (apples). There is limited agriculture (cereals 2013 across the road), lots of pasture and lawns. Yard contains 600 small colonies, 5 full sized colonies and 1 hive swarm. Bee keeper noticed effects in nucs on June 7. He noticed twitching, bees sitting on flowers, running up and down grass around hives. He thinks that the pesticide contamination is somehow associated with drinking water for the bees as the most affected bees are returning with no pollen on their legs. Bee and water samples were collected for analysis. Bees were not visiting water sources on day of sampling therefore difficult to determine if bees were drinking from those sites. BK called to report a bee kill in 1 hive in his home yard. He was seeing around 300 dead bees. This all happened on Sept. 4. He mentioned that on the evening of the 3rd, the farmer was planting oats for plow-down before winter. This field was previously winter wheat and will be corn in 2014. BK reported that the farmer told him that the oats were treated with an insecticide and then changed to say that they were untreated milled oats. During inspection, inspector dug up oat seeds from the planted field and they were untreated plain oats. BK noted that bees were flying heavy on Sept.4, taking in lots of goldenrod pollen. All of BK queens are in this yard (in 260 nucs_. As he sells queens he will join nucs to create colonies (3 nucs = colony). This yard has been reported in 2 prior cases (May and July).
8. a) Was the incident a result of (select all that apply)
8. b) i) How many times has the product been applied this year?
8. b) ii) What was the date of the last application?
9. Did it rain
9. a) During application?
Unknown
9. b) Up to 3 days after application?
Unknown
10. a) Was there a buffer zone?
Unknown
10. b) What type?
Aquatic
10. c) What was the size of the buffer zone?
11. a) Were environmental samples collected and analysed?
Unknown
