At 07:07 AM 9/9/96 -0700, you wrote: >At 08:26 AM 9/9/96 -0400, you wrote: >>Hey kids, >> I often find ticks on me after working in the bee yards. I have >>heard that dusting your ankles with sulfer will help keep them off. Has >>anyone tried this or have any other repellants? >> >>Also, what tricks do you use to remove ticks once the have you to be their >>new home? >> >>Ticked off in Florida... >> >>God Bless, >>Kelley Rosenlund [log in to unmask] >>Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A., Phone:352-378-7510 >>200 hives, 1 year in beekeeping. >> > >The same thing we use to get rid of chiggers works well for getting rid of >ticks: plain old Vicks Salve or Mentholatum Rub. Just dab it on the ticks >and they can't breath, so they let go. Camphor also works well by itself. > >Lots o' luck! > >Betty B > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >We are like kids' art on God's refrigerator. > - >Ticks drop on to their hosts from above, so tall grass , weed or brush along the path or around the hives will encourage your accumulation of ticks.. Mowing or clearing a 4-6 foot path and work area will help in reducing your tick accumulation, also treating your lower clothing with a repellent containing DEET will repel both ticks and chiggers. >Also, if your so inclined, a spray of the work and /or travel area with a product conraining chlorpyriphos or permethrin will knock down the tick population in the local work or travel lane - both of these products are usually found in area flea sprays and should be applied as a coarse , directed spray when the bees are not working and should be effective for 10-14 days Dan Veilleux Col. OH Janet Montgomery 104 Fallis Road Columbus, Ohio 43214-3724 Home: (614) 784-8334 FAX: (614) 268-3107 E-mail: [log in to unmask]