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Dec 26, 2014 2:49 PM CST
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It is a warm day here and the bees are out in force. They are searching for pollen from any source and the brugs are one of the few things blooming.
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Dec 26, 2014 3:36 PM CST
Name: Rhapsody Hooks
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It is good to see them hard at work and ALIVE. I am trying to use the Merphys Oil Soap instead for Chemicals to keep bugs at bay and bees alive. Good looking bloom too. Who is she? Thumbs up
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Dec 27, 2014 6:58 PM CST
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Rhapsody616 said:It is good to see them hard at work and ALIVE. I am trying to use the Merphys Oil Soap instead for Chemicals to keep bugs at bay and bees alive. Good looking bloom too. Who is she? Thumbs up

The blooms are Jinny Lind., a brug related to the Energizer bunny. She just keeps going and going.
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Dec 28, 2014 8:24 AM CST
Name: Doris Klene
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well JT I fore Hurray! cast a few seed pods from those friendly critters.
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Dec 28, 2014 5:04 PM CST
Name: Rhapsody Hooks
Long Beach Ca USA (Zone 10a)
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gone2seed said:
The blooms are Jinny Lind., a brug related to the Energizer bunny. She just keeps going and going.


You are so funny JT. Rolling on the floor laughing Lovey dubby
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Feb 4, 2015 2:57 AM CST
Name: Rhapsody Hooks
Long Beach Ca USA (Zone 10a)
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Just noticing that my blooms have a lot of bees these days. What a blessing. Really trying not to use chemicals these days if at all possible. The world needs our bees!!
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Feb 25, 2015 9:24 PM CST
Name: Becky
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Mine get swarmed by bees too. I had to treat my brugs last year for moth caterpillars. I really want to use something that won't kill the bees. Unfortunately, my trees (brugs) are quite tall so I can not spray them with Murphy's Oil Soap. Even when I had other nectar plants blooming, the bees still wanted to go to the brugs.

Any other suggestions?
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Feb 26, 2015 9:27 AM CST
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I have no easy fix for that.I just don't spray while they are blooming and take whatever losses I get. For me the bees are more important than the brugs since our extra income comes from the bees.
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Mar 9, 2015 2:51 AM CST
Name: Rhapsody Hooks
Long Beach Ca USA (Zone 10a)
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Can you put the MOS in a hose end sprayer and ascend a ladder? That is what I do for my 10 footer brug.
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