Bee Swell’s mission is to promote awareness of the problems our pollinators are facing today, including pesticides and a lack of habitat and food sources, and to encourage bee friendly gardening practices that support these essential members of our garden community.
Free downloadable, Printable Posters!
Here’s the partial list of products Bee Swell recommends avoiding…
Avoid products that contain:
- Acetamidprid
- Clothianidin
- Dinotefuran
- Imidacloprid
- Thiamethoxam
Acetamidprid
- Foliar spray for garden fruits and vegetables, and ornamental flowers, trees, and shrubs.
- Ortho bug B Gone Garden Insect Killer
- Ortho Flower, Fruit, and Vegetable Insect Killer
- Ortho Rose and Flower Insect Killer
- Ortho Rose Pride Insect Killer
Clothianidin
- Granules for turf, and ornamental flowers, shrubs , and trees.
- Bayer Advanced All-In-One Rose & Flower Care granules
- Green Light Grub Control with Arena
Dinotefuran
- Granules for turf and ornamental flowers, shrubs for trees, soil drench for ornamental flowers, trees, and shrubs.
- Green Light Tree & Shrub Insect Control with Safari 2 G
- Safari
- Ortho Tree & Shrub Insect Control
- Plus Miracle Gro Plant Food
Imidacloprid
- Foliage spray for turf and ornamental flowers, trees, and shrubs; soil drench for garden fruits and vegetables, ornamental flowers, trees, and shrubs; trunk injection for trees; granules for turf and ornamental flowers, shrubs, or trees.
- Bayer Advanced 3-in-1 Insect Control
- Bayer Advanced 12 Month Tree & Shrub Protect & Feed
- Bayer Advanced Fruit, Citrus & VegetableInsect Control
- Bayer Advanced All-In-One Rose & Flower Concentrate
- DIY Tree Care Products Multi-insect Killer
- Ferti-lome 2-N-1 Systemic
- Hi-Yield Systemic Insect Spray
- Knockout Ready-To-Use Grub Killer
- Monterey Insect Control Once A Year II
- Ortho Bug B Gone-Year Long Tree & Shrub Insect Control
- Surrender Brand GrubZ Out
Thiamethoxam
- Foliage spray for turf and ornamentals, flowers, trees, and shrubs; granules for turf and ornamental flowers, trees and shrubs.
- Amdro Qiuck Kill Lawn & Insect Killer
- Amdro Rose & Flower Care
- Maxide Dual Action Insect Killer
Very helpful. Thank you. Recently, I was livid with my employer’s decision to use an exterminator rather than a beekeeper when a hive was attached to a building earlier this year. I’ll print the poster for my office.
thanks angela, great post. am reposting at catnip