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Bees and Garden Chemicals
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BEES AND GARDEN CHEMICALS DO NOT MIX
COMMON YARD AND GARDEN CHEMICALS:
EFFECTS ON HONEYBEES
Chemical or Trade Name
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Environmental Hazards |
Targeted Species |
BT: Bacillus Thuringiensis
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None Listed |
Caterpillars / Moths |
| Captan |
Highly toxic to Bees, Fish &
Human irritant.
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Fungicide |
Carbaryl
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Toxic to Bees, Birds & Fish |
Insects |
| Diazinon |
Highly Toxic to Bees, Fish & Birds
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Aphids, leaf |
| Funginex |
None Listed
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Fungicide
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| Isotox |
Highly Toxic to Bees
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| Lime-sulphur |
None Listed
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Fungicide
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| Lindane |
Highly Toxic to Bees, Fish
& Birds
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Insecticide |
Malathhion
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Highly Toxic |
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Nicotine
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Mild Toxicity to Bees |
Aphids, Thrips & Leaf Hoppers
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Orthene
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Highly Toxic to Bees!!!
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Insecticide
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Orthenix
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Highly Toxic |
Insecticide
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| Pyrethrum |
None Listed
(Many good uses)
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Aphids, White Fly & Larvae |
| Rotenone* |
Mild Toxicity to Bees*
Toxic to Fish
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Aphids, Flea Beetles, Mites,
Larvae and Grubs
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| Volck Oil Spray |
Toxic to Fish |
Aphids, Thrips, Spiders,
Mealy bugs and White Fly
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*Spray in the evening when the bees have quit flying.
Rotenone is very useful to replace other highly toxic chemicals listed above. Use as a wettable powder. As a wetting agent to help effects of garden predatory insects, use Miracle Grow for 7.0 pH-preffering garden plants, or Miracid for plants preffering a low pH, thus foliar-feeding while eliminating garden pests. |
THE HONEY FACTORY
by
G. Miles Stair with Bette Stair
A step by step guide to raising honeybees for maximum production.
Also includes How to treat for bee mites. |
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