In addition, the number of pesticides registered for use in the US is over 1200 ac??tive ingredients distributed among some 18,000 products, which makes the chemical use landscape for US beekeepers very dif??ferent from those in other countries such as France, where some 500 chemicals are reg??istered or in England where fewer than 300 are registered (Chauzat et al. 2010: Thomp??son, personal comm