Brewmeisterzero
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So, I have a predicament. This may not be the best place to be posting questions about this but, I figured Honey bees --> Honey --> Mead --> Mead forum at the HBT! Pretty simple logic but, it's done me quite well in the past. Here we go...
I have a farm with an orchard and grapevines and peach trees and whatnot. In the middle of all this we plopped down a bee hive. Made since with all the fruit trees at the time. My grandmother has a couple peach trees that produce amazing amounts of fruit every year while ours simply don't. The only thing I notice that she does different is that she sprays them. A lot.
So, we've come to the problem. I can't spray my trees with anything, that I know of, otherwise, I'll kill my bees. Here's where you guys come in! Does anyone know of anything that I can use that will repel insects but, not kill them?
I could find almost nothing on the internet on the subject. I read about pyrethrum which is derived from chrysanthemums which when diluted *could* act as more of a repellent than an insecticide but, I figured I'd ask you guys before I went out and committed 30,000 tiny little murders. And then chrysanthemum's themselves as a partner plant. No clue as to how many i'd actually have to plant to keep insects away.
Anyway, I'd be very grateful for any information you guys have on the subject...
I have a farm with an orchard and grapevines and peach trees and whatnot. In the middle of all this we plopped down a bee hive. Made since with all the fruit trees at the time. My grandmother has a couple peach trees that produce amazing amounts of fruit every year while ours simply don't. The only thing I notice that she does different is that she sprays them. A lot.
So, we've come to the problem. I can't spray my trees with anything, that I know of, otherwise, I'll kill my bees. Here's where you guys come in! Does anyone know of anything that I can use that will repel insects but, not kill them?
I could find almost nothing on the internet on the subject. I read about pyrethrum which is derived from chrysanthemums which when diluted *could* act as more of a repellent than an insecticide but, I figured I'd ask you guys before I went out and committed 30,000 tiny little murders. And then chrysanthemum's themselves as a partner plant. No clue as to how many i'd actually have to plant to keep insects away.
Anyway, I'd be very grateful for any information you guys have on the subject...