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Post by daylilydude on May 24, 2013 20:43:16 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 20:59:27 GMT -5
OK, I work for Home Depot for a living, so I can't sign this without feeling like a hypocrite. But since I don't know a neonicotinoid from any other chemical, I'd love to know which specific pesticides are in question here? What is/are the offending active ingredient(s)? With that info, I can question the vendors who sell them to us, and warn our customers.
MB
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Post by izitmidnight on May 24, 2013 21:44:08 GMT -5
Bonide systemic Bayer season long grub control Bayer advance products Bayer termite control Bayer all in one rose and flower care Ortho max Ortho rose pride Green light systemic
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Post by stratcat on May 24, 2013 23:52:43 GMT -5
My bees are gone. My friend with the barnyard garden lost his bees, too. It was a great year-and-a-half...
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Post by stratcat on Jun 23, 2013 0:01:28 GMT -5
On the 22nd, I looked out Mom's front window and noticed bees flying around my hive. On closer inspection, bees are definitely going in and out. I think a swarm has moved in.
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Post by horsea on Jun 23, 2013 12:18:52 GMT -5
Off topic ever so slightly: we are told how we need honeybees for pollination. What about bumble bees and wild bees (mason bees)? Why can't they do the pollinating. I have not seen any honeybees yet, but I have seen a few bumblebees in my garden having their way with everything that's blooming, and the number seems to be slowly increasing.
Honey bees aren't even native to the Canadian prairies anyway. They originally come from far away.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2013 13:01:22 GMT -5
Bumbles and masons can do the job, as do certain wasps, flies, and pretty much anything else that feeds on nectar. Honeybees are the most recognized because they are numerous, noticeable, and domesticated, but they are not the only pollinators.
MB
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Post by horsea on Jun 25, 2013 14:05:34 GMT -5
Thank you for your info, Drahkk. Some yr. ago I made a "bee condo", you know, one of those things with the cardboard tubes for attracting wild bees. It worked!
I am glad to hear that other insects will pollinate also. I see some little buds on my muskmelons.
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Post by stratcat on Aug 19, 2013 13:08:24 GMT -5
There's a new study out that finds a sampling of plants sold at some of the big box stores being pre-treated with pesticides. Yeah, the neonicotinoids that are messing up the bees. It looks like I'll be starting way more flowers next year than I ever have. And to think I was grousing over the "extra" flowers I sowed ahead of time this year. Pilot Study Finds Plants Sold As ‘Bee Friendly’ Pretreated With Pesticides Here's a chart with the common names of neonicotinoid containing products: Two weeks ago, the city drove a tractor around town spraying the cracks between the asphalt and gutter to kill the weeds. In today's heat, the poison still reeks when I was out and about. Thankfully, it hasn't affected my flowers nor the pollinators that I can see. Can't catch a break...
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Aug 19, 2013 17:59:00 GMT -5
I guess we have to grow all our flowers from seed unless we want to risk killing the very same bees we are trying to help. Sheesh.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 19, 2013 19:05:31 GMT -5
Most of the bee killing insecticides on these lists I have looked at are not the types of insecticides most of us use on edible plants, and many are only available to commercial clients. One I see missing, however, that is available everywhere, and has been touted as very safe, is Sevin, AKA Carbaryl, which is a known bee killer, and is the third most commonly used insecticide in the US (at least it was a couple years ago). This is commonly used as a seed treatment, as well. Why don't I see this mentioned anywhere?
Time Magazine had an article about the bee problem last week or the week before.
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