RE: weighing, moving, etc. (long one) (UNCLASSIFIED)
- Subject: RE: weighing, moving, etc. (long one) (UNCLASSIFIED)
- From: &* L* C* U* A* <l*@us.army.mil>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:49:40 -0400
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Pesticides have been linked to colony collapse of honey bees.
http://www.livescience.com/animals/070615_ap_bee_trouble.html
I only saw one honey bee this summer :-(.
If I get SVBs, I guess I'll try those traps. I did see one SVB this
summer, luckily, it was ensnared in a strategically placed giant spider
web on the corner of the house. (For once, my untidy nature paid off.)
I also have a freakish number of birds that frequent my garden in search
of flying hor d'oeuvres - I feed them year-round. Guess that helps with
pest patrol as well.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Scott G. Manke
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 11:32 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: RE: weighing, moving, etc. (long one)
"the best way would to manage a good spray program with a systematic
pesticide and no have svb's in the first place"
Amen to that. Looks like a plan for next year.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Peters, Glenn
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 10:04 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: RE: weighing, moving, etc. (long one)
SVB's are usually not far from their entrance holes, they don't travel
deep into the vines, find the entrance hole clean up the chaff from
around the hole to get a better view if the direction that the svb has
traveled get a small wire form a small hook on the end and fish out the
SVB's Also I have removed them in the past with a good concentrated
blast of water from a hose it forces them right out but can be messy.
Of course the best way would to manage a good spray program with a
systematic pesticide and no have svb's in the first place.
Glenn Peters
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