Re: Bees
Perhaps it would be good to clarify this. There are honey bees,
solitary bees,
bumble bees. These are good and beneficial and pollinate plants,
pumpkins and others.
Then there are wasps, hornets and yellow jackets. These are not bees as
so many tend to call them. Don't confuse wasps with bees.
If you need to get rid of yellow jackets or hornets you would have to
find
the nests and wipe them out with a foam spray. Don't bother honey bees
or bumble bees. They won't bother you anyway. The wasps won't bother
you either unless you get too near their nests and rile them up or get a
guard wasp's attention.
I prevent yellow jackets from spreading around here because I have young
kids and they have gotten stung enough already. I put out traps in the
spring to catch the queens before they can establish nests. It has
reduced
them to nearly zero on the property. Prevention is the best method.
Heck I hand pollinate the pumpkins anyway.
---DRS
vince wrote:
Good Gosh Don, bees are your friends. They are attracted to
the enticing sweetness of the pumpkin flowers and are
beneficial to the entire living fabric of the planet.
Don't hurt them. If you have set all the pumpkins you need to
set on your plants, remove all the male and female flower buds
from your plants. The bees will move on....
--- mosh09@adelphia.net wrote:
Is there anyone out there that is having trouble with bees?
I have tried just about every bee and hornet spray, but to no
avail. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you
Donald Lupo
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