I don't think spraying the flowers will kill the bees, they would not get enough. In the experiment I did they were fed pure CS in their feeder.
Marshall Sharon wrote: > Aargh- I just went and sprayed my flowers with CS because I remember > reading it was good for the plants. Now I am killing bees. I guess I > will limit the use of CS to indoor plants unless one of you can > absolve me. Just how much CS does it take to kill an insect? Anyone > know?Sharon > >> It is not a parasite, it is the intestinal flora of the >> termite. It is >> believed that CS will kill the bacteria, and thus the >> termite, but I am >> not aware of any tests run on termites. It has been >> confirmed that CS >> >> will kill honeybees by that route though. >> > > Marshall
