chrischris
New Bee
- Joined
- May 9, 2010
- Messages
- 21
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- Location
- uk, east ardsley, west yorkshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 12 + nucs
Hi fellow bee keepers, this might sound like a moan but this morning when walking my dogs round the local football/playing fields saw this chap with a full white boiler suit, white wellies and full breathing mask on walking round the field edges spraying something from a pressurised spraying system. To cut a long story short he was a council employee and was spraying weed killer. He said it was to kill all the weeds around the field edges where the mower could not get into, he did say it was environmentally safe?. My thoughts are what effect it would have on the bees, butterflys and insects, if it was that safe how come he was so well protected. So not only have farmers spraying to contend with but now the council as well.