Last week, we reported that in the past few years, bee populations in the US have actually begun to climb, as farmers and beekeepers avoid pesticides and seek alternatives.
Luckily, you can be a part of the solution also, by avoiding over the counter pesticides that are known to hurt bees. 2 years ago, The Center For Food Safety released a list of 68 garden pesticides that are dangerous to the bee population.
Most of these products contain a chemical called “neonicotinoids,” which are the most damaging pesticides for bees. The following list contains most of the known products containing neonicotinoids, but even if a product does not appear on this list, it is important to check all packages to see if the product contains this chemical.
The list of products to avoid are as follows:
12 Month Tree & Shrub Insect Control Landscape Formula
12 Month Tree & Shrub Protect & Feed (Concentrate)
12 Month Tree & Shrub Protect & Feed (Granules)
12 Month Tree & Shrub Protect & Feed II (Granules)
12 Month Tree & Shrub Protect & Feed II (Granules)
2-In-1 Insect Control Plus Fertilizer Plant Spikes
2-In-1 Systemic Rose & Flower Care
3-In-1 Insect, Disease & Mite Control (Ready-to-Spray)
3-In-1 Insect, Disease & Mite Control
(Ready-to-Use and Concentrate)
All-In-One Rose & Flower Care
All-In-One Rose & Flower Care Granules
ALOFT® Gc Sc Insecticide
ALOFT® Lc G Insecticide
ALOFT® Lc Sc Insecticide
ARENA® .25 G Insecticide
ARENA® 50 WDG Insecticide
Complete Brand Insect Killer For Soil & Turf (Granules)
Complete Brand Insect Killer For Soil & Turf
(Ready-to-Spray and Concentrate)
Criterion™ 0.5 G
Criterion™ 2F Insecticide
Criterion™ 75 WSP Systemic Insecticide
DIY Tree Care Products Multi-Insect Killer
Dual Action Rose & Flower Insect Killer
Ferti-lome® 2-N-1 Systemic
Flagship™ 0.22 G
Flagship™ 25 WG
Fruit, Citrus & Vegetable Insect Control
Green Light® Grub Control with Arena® Insecticide
Green Light® Tree & Shrub Insect Control with
Safari® 2 G Insecticide
Hi-Yield® Systemic Insect Spray
Hunter .5 G Insecticide
Hunter 75 WSP Insecticide
Knockout Ready-to-Use Grub Killer Granules
Lesco Bandit 2F Insecticide
Lesco Bandit Insecticide 0.5 G
Lesco Bandit Insecticide 75 WSP
Mallet® 0.5 G Insecticide
Mallet® 2 F T&O Insecticide
Mallet® 75 WSP Insecticide
Marathon® 1% Granular
Marathon® 60 WP
Marathon® II
Maxide® Dual Action Insect Killer Concentrate
Maxide® Dual Action Insect Killer Granules
Meridian® 0.33 G
Meridian® 25 WG
Merit® 0.5 G
Merit® 2 F
Merit® 75 WP Insecticide
Merit® 75 WSP Insecticide
Merit® Tree Injection
Monterey Once A Year Insect Control
Monterey Once A Year Insect Control II
Ortho® Bug B Gon® Year-Long Tree & Shrub
Insect Control
Ortho® Flower, Fruit & Vegetable Insect Killer
Ortho® MAX® Tree & Shrub Insect Control
Ready-to-Spray
Ortho® Rose & Flower Insect Killer
Safari 2 G Insecticide
Safari 20 SG Insecticide
Season Long Grub Control Plus Turf Revitalizer
Season-Long Grub Control
Surrender® GrubZ Out
Termite Killer Granules
Transtect™ 70WSP Insecticide
Xytect™ 2F Insecticide
Xytect™ 75WSP Insecticide
Xytect™ Infusible
Zylam® 20 SG Systemic Turf Insecticide
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that between 40% and 60% of the country’s bee colonies were disappearing, but now new numbers from the same agency suggest that efforts to replenish the colonies is actually working. The timing of these reports are strange, because they are so close together and show such different results, but it is possible that the earlier figures had not been able to account for the recent surge in numbers.
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