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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
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