At 10:45 PM 6/16/98 -0400, you wrote:
 
>I may be confused, but I think that I've read a label on a Neem oil product
>indicating that it's toxic to honey bees. I'd wanted to use an
environmentally
>friendly product on some fruit trees growing in my garden, and Neem oil was
>recommended to me, but I chose not to buy the product I found (whose active
>ingredient, I think, was Neem) because of the bees.  Unless someone else
checks
>this first, I'll try to do so within the next few days.
 
I am sure it is toxic to bees as most if not all products sold to kill
insects are and since some of the Neem formulations are mixed with
insecticidal soap which alone would kill any bees it gets on.. Kill the
bee, kill the bees pests.<G> But then if you are going to treat your trees
or garden for pests and the plants are not attractive to bees it may be the
product for you.
 
At the same time it may be that with low doses Neem is not harmful to bees,
this I don't know, but could be that it would kill Vampire mites and not
the bees but then you have the smell. If it smells as bad as what I have
read it more then likely would drive the bees out of the hive.<G>
 
ttul, the OLd Drone