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	Environmental Hazards	Targeted Species
BT: Bacillus Thuringiensis	None Listed	Caterpillars / Moths
Captan	Highly toxic to Bees, Fish & Human irritant.	Fungicide
Carbaryl	Toxic to Bees, Birds & Fish	Insects
Diazinon	Highly Toxic to Bees, Fish & Birds	Aphids, leaf
Funginex	None Listed	Fungicide
Isotox	Highly Toxic to Bees
Lime-sulphur	None Listed	Fungicide
Lindane	Highly Toxic to Bees, Fish & Birds	Insecticide
Malathhion	Highly Toxic
Nicotine	Mild Toxicity to Bees	Aphids, Thrips & Leaf Hoppers
Orthene	Highly Toxic to Bees!!!	Insecticide
Orthenix	Highly Toxic	Insecticide
Pyrethrum	None Listed (Many good uses)	Aphids, White Fly & Larvae
Rotenone*	Mild Toxicity to Bees* Toxic to Fish	Aphids, Flea Beetles, Mites, Larvae and Grubs
Volck Oil Spray	Toxic to Fish	Aphids, Thrips, Spiders, Mealy bugs and White Fly

*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.