I don't believe your problem is diazion.  I have keep several nucs in my
back yard along with a couple of mature colonies.  Each year,  I use
diazion on the entire back and front yard to keep down fleas.   My dogs in
the back yard get covered with the little buggers if I'm tardy with the
application.  It also takes care of ants.  I have never had any problems
with this chemical killing bees even though there in a lot of clover in
both front and back yards.
 
Frank & Phronsie Humphrey
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> From: David Green <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Chemical Kill
> Date: Friday, August 08, 1997 8:43 AM
>
> In a message dated 97-08-04 02:55:38 EDT, [log in to unmask] (steven
> albritton) writes:
>
> <<  I have just ben wiped out.  I started with two hives last year and
built
> up
>  to 16.  Last week my landlord put out diazion granuales and by tuesday I
>  believe I will be completely wiped out.  My next problem is how to clean
up
>  and can I save the drawn comb?  I also assume the Honey in the supers
should
>  be distroyed? >>
>
>    Bees normally would not contact a granule in or on the soil, because
they
> would be working on flowers. Are you sure you are looking at the right
> culprit? I have never heard of a kill of this nature, and sure would like
> more information.
>
>    Is the bait in the granules sugar based?  If this is so, perhaps bees
> could be attracted in a time of nectar dearth.
>
>    Where were the granules placed? What is the bait that is used as part
of
> the formulation? Look at the label for the granules, and study both the
> formlation, and the bee protection directions. Was it used in violation
of
> the bee directions?
>
>    Have you looked at other pesticide use in the neighborhood. I would
look
> hard at any pesticide that contaminated flowers that bees were working.
>
>    The honey has a natural protective mechanism. The bees who carry and
> process honey will die if the nectar is poisoned, which removes the
> contaminated part. The honey that was made earlier is capped and should
be
> okay. I would not worry about honey.
>
>    I would be extremely careful of consuming any pollen from bees that
show
> any sign of poisoning. The protective mechanism does not work with
pollen, as
> it is brought in in external form in the pollen packets on the bees'
legs,
> and the forager who picks it up may not die.
>
> [log in to unmask]      Dave Green  Hemingway, SC USA