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  • From: Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>
  • To: Bill Russell <shaman8@verizon.net>, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] baby peaches ;-)
  • Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:51:35 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

BT is specific to lepidopterans. It doesn't kill bees.



-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Russell <shaman@pennswoods.net>
>Sent: Jun 8, 2008 1:31 PM
>To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: Re: [NAFEX] baby peaches ;-)
>
>Speaking of peaches: I found my peach tree full of Gypsy moth larvae a
>couple of days ago. So I sprayed with BT. Then I was amazed to see clouds of
>bumblebees come to the leaves and lap up the spray droplets.
>
>I hope they are not taking back the bacteria to their nests and killing the
>bumblebee larvae, since these bees seem to have been active pollinators for
>my fruit plantings. Are the larvae immune?
>
>There are aerial BT sprayings of the mountains here to deal with the
>extensive Gypsy moth population. Could honey bee colony collapse relate
>these sprayings? I suppose the spray program diminishes the butterfly
>population.
>
>Bill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark & Helen Angermayer
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 12:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] baby peaches ;-)
>
>
> Hi Toni,
>
> Peaches hang on pretty well. We've had tremendous wind (and some hail)
> here with very few peaches on the ground. The biggest problem is it slams
> the peaches into branches and causes physical damage on some.
>
> Mark
> KS-received 6-7" of rain late last week. Another 2-3" or more forecasted
> for tonight/tomorrow. Trees drowning.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Toni Pralle
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 1:15 PM
> Subject: [NAFEX] baby peaches ;-)
>
>
> I have 23 baby peaches! And there's a tornado watch in effect AGAIN
> today. That last tornado just missed me and hit Parkersburg, IA. You many
> have seen it on the National News. I wonder if I will get one peach after
> the wind, rain, hot, cold that we are having so far this year. I suspect
> not. And to add insult to injury, there are no pears, no cherries, no
> apples and no plums. Not a one on any of my trees.
>
> --
> Toni in zone 4 Iowa USA
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