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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 526062" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>This really is somethng you should have the landlord handle. Sevin is great, but right now there are a lot of problems with all types of bees with having the hives collapse. You may want to call a beekeeper to find out if these are a type that a beekeeper would want to come and find and move. Around here there are the university entomologists who sometimes pay if the hive is big enough and you let them take it. </p><p></p><p>If you want to spray, please consider getting a few ounces of pure neem oil and mixing it with water and spraying it. It will kill bees and any other insects and is very effective. It is also very safe for plants - is used on organic fields because it is a natural and human safe insecticide, and it does a great job with most insects. It totally rocks with fleas. TOTALLY. I know because it is all we have used on captain for three years and we have almost no flea problems - and when we do see them a spritz ends the problem. Neem is actually more effective on lice than most commercial products including the prescription ones. A few years back thank you brought them home and we did everything but NOTHING worked until I got some neem onlne and used that. I jsut put it in shampoo in my hand and put it in his hair and let it sit ten mins. Just ONE application and the nits combed off like dandruff - but they were actually nits - no pulling, pain, etc... as long as I kept the hair wet. </p><p></p><p>Neem is used in some of the newer cracked skin creams (one as seen on tv brand) and in many expensive lotions because it is so good for people's skin. It is very moisturizing - our hair never was softer than after the neem/shampoo treatment. The smell is rather strong and unpleasant but if you dilute it in water and add a drop or two of another essential oil it isn't bad at all. the smell also doesn't linger forever like commercial pesticides. We bought an 8 oz bottle four yrs ago and it is half full because you use about a teaspoon or two in 32 oz water and it just wipes out the insects. It kills on contact and on ingestion. I have seen posts on forums where people claim beekeepers spray hives to control aphids, but the beekeepers here and the entomologist I know all say that it would be crazy to do that because it would kill your bees.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 526062, member: 1233"] This really is somethng you should have the landlord handle. Sevin is great, but right now there are a lot of problems with all types of bees with having the hives collapse. You may want to call a beekeeper to find out if these are a type that a beekeeper would want to come and find and move. Around here there are the university entomologists who sometimes pay if the hive is big enough and you let them take it. If you want to spray, please consider getting a few ounces of pure neem oil and mixing it with water and spraying it. It will kill bees and any other insects and is very effective. It is also very safe for plants - is used on organic fields because it is a natural and human safe insecticide, and it does a great job with most insects. It totally rocks with fleas. TOTALLY. I know because it is all we have used on captain for three years and we have almost no flea problems - and when we do see them a spritz ends the problem. Neem is actually more effective on lice than most commercial products including the prescription ones. A few years back thank you brought them home and we did everything but NOTHING worked until I got some neem onlne and used that. I jsut put it in shampoo in my hand and put it in his hair and let it sit ten mins. Just ONE application and the nits combed off like dandruff - but they were actually nits - no pulling, pain, etc... as long as I kept the hair wet. Neem is used in some of the newer cracked skin creams (one as seen on tv brand) and in many expensive lotions because it is so good for people's skin. It is very moisturizing - our hair never was softer than after the neem/shampoo treatment. The smell is rather strong and unpleasant but if you dilute it in water and add a drop or two of another essential oil it isn't bad at all. the smell also doesn't linger forever like commercial pesticides. We bought an 8 oz bottle four yrs ago and it is half full because you use about a teaspoon or two in 32 oz water and it just wipes out the insects. It kills on contact and on ingestion. I have seen posts on forums where people claim beekeepers spray hives to control aphids, but the beekeepers here and the entomologist I know all say that it would be crazy to do that because it would kill your bees. [/QUOTE]
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