sevan dust?

[hdowden]

i dont have to worry about bees...bees are not the only things that pollenate plants you have butterflys, beetles, and anything else that lands or brushes against the flower and gets pollen on itself can and will pollenate other flowers. you as a person can even pollenate flowers by hand (although its a great deal of work on some species). its winter and theres really no bugs around of that sort and is to me the best time to be getting in some new hens and dusting them and the others in my own flock

 

[mstricer]

I understand what you are saying, it will kill any bugs that land on it. I also takes care of the hummingbirds. I am not trying to be a you know what, but even I have noticed a decline in bees. I us DE and have never had any mites. I put if in the nesting boxes and accross the roost.

 

[cassie]

I used Sevin for years to control fleas on dogs, lice on goats and cattle, and lice on chickens. I dusted the animals directly and did not spray it. Always had plenty of bees and humminbirds around. Can't imagine how dusting with sevin could affect either.

 

[mstricer]

I used Sevin for years to control fleas on dogs, lice on goats and cattle, and lice on chickens. I dusted the animals directly and did not spray it. Always had plenty of bees and humminbirds around. Can't imagine how dusting with sevin could affect either.

Because it is poison. It is also hazardous to humans, the can has so many warnings that it takes up most of the can.

 

[hdowden]

ur supposed to wear a face mask to keep from breathing it in, long sleves, pants, and gloves to keep it off of you. i used to live in a trailor park and had to dust the whole yard cause you couldnt step out the door without getting fleas on you and nothing else would work, didnt kill no bees in the processes eaither although i wish it had killed the stupid carpenter bees there was at least a good 25 living and making new holes on the very small porch we had.

 

[they'reHISchickens]

Pour the Sevin powder in a stocking and fasten it closed. Put on long sleeves and a mask and go into your coop at night while they are roosting. Doing each chicken, use the stocking as a powder puff and fluff it all over them, using your free hand to fluff up the feathers. Pay special attention to their fluffy butts and under their wings. It's really not that bad a job and the birds are fairly mellow in darkness/dim light.