[ RadSafe ] bats and Bayer

[Jeff Terry]

Yes, certain bats consume mass quantities of Mosquitos. 

There was a posting here that suggested bats were being poisoned by eating insecticide contaminated bees. I was trying to find a comparison between quantities of Mosquitos eaten vs bees. I have had no luck. 

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On Oct 9, 2011, at 5:24 PM, edmond0033 at comcast.net wrote:

> I though bats consumed mosquitoes, as they are around at dusk and later.
> 
> Ed Baratta
> 
> edmond0033 at comcast.net
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> -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Terry
> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 6:10 PM
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] bats and Bayer
> 
> I have been trying to locate a reference for bats being major consumers of bees. I have found a lot of anecdotal evidence from beekeepers suggesting it is not an issue.
> 
> I have also found a USDA sponsored document listing the majors pests of bees and I do not find bats listed in the document.
> https://agdev.anr.udel.edu/maarec/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Pests_of_Honey_Bees_PM.pdf
> 
> Jeff
> 
> On Oct 9, 2011, at 3:40 PM, James Salsman wrote:
> 
>> Peter Fear wrote:
>>> Bees return to their hive at night and bats are nocturnal. How can bees be
>> a major food source for bats?
>> 
>> They live off the stragglers that don't make it back before dark.  Those
>> used to be the old and infirm bees, which was great for the bee colonies as
>> well as the bats performing a herd culling function.  With the introduction
>> of Bayer's nicitinoid insecticides, now the stragglers are more of the
>> poisoned bees, which is bad for the bees and the bats.
> 
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