If we could get them to talk, they might tell us the difference in forage quality, and if we need a sprinkle of minerals or something. Which the West Virginia bees are ignoring. They're ignoring the dutch white clover in the lawn and are adoring the butterfly weed in the borders.
We're getting foragers, likely his, in our yard this year. Meanwhile, back in the city, one of our bee club members has several hives about a mile west of us. They even prefer it to sweet yellow clover, so far. Those places I treated are finally producing robust white clover blooms this year, and the bees are working them, neglecting all else but lavender, at least around the yard.
It was also too acid for clover to thrive by half a point, so I limed. As I'd suspected from a color change test kit, the soil was depleted of P and K.
SEK TruGreen, Tru Green, honey bees, honeybees, bee hives, pyrethroid, beehives, neonicotinoid, bifenthrin, Talstar, pesticide, pesticide mistake.Ĭlick to expand.After considerable research and remediation, we finally got dutch white to grow up at the WV apiary. Trugreen Employee Handbook Talespin Full Episodes In Hindi Free Download Garageband 6.0 Free For Mac Adobe Photoshop Cc 2019 V20.0. He did say that he'd be sure that we didn't get charged for the honeybee killing pesticide application that TruGreen applied today. He apologized and told me that we don't pay for pesticide treatment and shouldn't have received it (no kidding!) When I asked why a technician would spray a pesticide near honeybee hives, he said he did not have an answer for me. I called the Trugreen cust serv number and lodged a compliant with the TruGreen cust serv rep. To control Bees, Wasp, Hornets, and Yellow-Jackets apply a 0.06 dilution. Gee, thanks! He then went on to tell me that he doesn't think Talstar (Bifenthrin) is a Neonicotinoid and wouldn't hurt honey bees. Apparently the Trugreen applicator hasn't even bothered to read the label for the product he is applying According to the Talstar label, the product can be used to 'control' bees and wasps. When I confronted him, he apologized and said that even though we didn't ask for the insect treatment, it was premixed in his tank so we got it for free.
He was spraying another yard, no mask, and no long sleeves. I raced through the area and found the Trugreen employee. It's the same pesticide that we use to kill wasps, yellow jackets and many other insects.) Instead I found that they ALSO decided to spray Talstar (I own a pest control company. I read the note, expecting to find a scheduled fertilizer treatment. A note was left that Trugreen had just treated my lawn.