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Offline Mikey N.C.

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« on: July 31, 2016, 11:33:16 am »
Was watching the news, and wondering if all that spraying in FL.  will have any affect on honey bees ?
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Re: Zika
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2016, 05:28:09 pm »
Did a little reading, pyrethroids is what they are spraying is derivatives from chrysanthemum flowers, is all (phy) type insecticide made from natural plants ?
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« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2016, 12:17:04 pm »
If it will kill mosquitoes it will probably kill bees.  Reckon there won't be a bee of any kind left in south Florida in a couple of weeks.  Or a dragonfly (which eat mosquitoes), or even frogs. 
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Re: Zika
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2016, 12:44:42 pm »
That's what I was thinking, but I don't have a clue, cause growing up I remember skeeter spraying trucks ?
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Re: Zika
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2016, 01:36:24 pm »
This is a difficult situation.  Do they act to preserve the babies of
pregnant women then without the bees, the orange and other fruit crop will suffer.  Or do they do nothing to preserve the bees and other insects? What a Catch 22!
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Re: Zika
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2016, 12:52:36 am »
It is like the Miticides that we treat the hives with. Strong enough as to kill the mites but still at a safe level for other larger living creachers.
Citrus trees do not require bees for pollination, bees were taken to the Orange groves as a forage crop for the bees in early spring.
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