Gail, I just love you! Thanks for your kindness. I have the same experience
as you, in working right along side bees in my garden. They never seem to
mind me being there, next to them. Oh course, I never do anything to cause
them to become defensive, like swatting at them or shooing them away. I also
never wear anything with fragrance during the spring or summer. I'm gong to
check out the links you provided. Thanks. Sis
"Gail Futoran" wrote in message
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Agreeing with Sis about protecting bees and adding
some informative links on bees including their
importance to agricultu

http://www.pmac.net/birdbee.htm
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2161.html
http://www.new-agri.co.uk/00-5/focuson/focuson8.html
http://www.well.com/user/davidu/bees.html

Bees generally don't attack unless you're too
close to a nest. I work on my roses bushes
right next to bees throughout the daylight
hours (which can be quite long here in the
south) and have yet to get stung.

Gail
near San Antonio TX Zone 8

"Sis" wrote in message
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Oh my God! I can't believe you want to kill bees. How do
you think many
flowers are pollinated!?? Poor bees. On cans of
insecticide it even says to
"apply in the evening when bees are less active"-to
prevent harming them,
although I don't really agree that it would harm them any
less. Killing
living creatures isn't GREAT!
I really don't mean to sound nasty here,but along with
plant life, I also
care about most living creatures. Sis
"
I have never tried it on roses, but I have used regular
dishsoap mixed
with
water and literally drenched my other plants. This is a
very friendly (
well
not to the bugs) environmentally safe way to rid
yourself od pests. It is
GREAT for killing bees and wasps!


Cindy