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I know, “But Kyle, how can a Bee killer be “Bee Friendly”? After last season I read an article that was about Bee friendly pesticides, and Sevin-5, which I used on my roses and grapes, was listed as detrimental to bees. I had no idea, but it explained why only half of the flowers would form fruit. I was killing the bees that were trying pollinate for me, so pollination was erratic, cause odd looking grape clusters. This year I started using Neem Oil. It kills aphids and other pests, and is also a fungicide. The nice thing is that once it dries, it’s no longer a threat to bees. Granted you still want to keep it off the flowers, but it will kill all the things you want and let your local bees live. Now, if it makes contact with a bee while still in a liquid suspension, it will kill them. We have a carpenter bee problem. A bad one. I’ve killed 11-12 since 9am today. I still had some suspension left after spraying the vines, trees, and roses when it dawned on me: spray this in the hole. Ive gotten two that came out soaked, and are now dead, and I’ve also got an idea of where they’re at now based on hearing the mixture in the eves. The traps have done nothing for us, so I’ve been swatting the ones I can when I can. I’ve read that most people resorted to calling an exterminator because the commercially available methods failed. Not once have I ever read about using Neem oil, which is relatively in expensive and seems to be a good way to get them where they live, so I wanted to share.
