Lloyd Spear said:
"Roundup(tm).  A wonderful herbicide that is as safe as Ivory Snow..... not
to even worry that getting bees drenched will hurt them...it will not!"

I  would not be drenching my bees in any herbicide as said by Lloyd above. I
have had herbicide loss in bees on occassion.

 I do use roundup as weed control in yards  but find in certain years I need
to keep using again to control weeds. A better herbicide (granular) is sold
by a bee supply house ( Mann Lake) but at a higher cost (and not sold by Wal
Mart).

Jason asks:
>Is there an optimum time to spray? Eg, spraying at dusk while the bee's are
in the hive?

ALWAYS TELL FARMERS TO SPRAY PESTICIDES & HERBICIDES AT DUSK WHEN BEES ARE
NOT FLYING.

Jason asks:
>Has anyone had proven bad experiances with Roundup?

I have not heard of any but maybe others on the list have heard?

Sincerely,
Bob Harrison

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