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Originally Posted by venturabananas
Personally, I'm in a quandary. On the recommendation of my local nursery and our local agriculture extension, I was going to use Bayer Advanced on my citrus to keep them safe from the Asian Citrus Psyllid and the bacteria it carries that causes Citrus Greening (Huanglongbing), which could destroy the California citrus industry. And that product would kill the annoying citrus leaf miners and aphids. But I'm not sure I want to contribute to the problems already facing bees.
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There are other systemics for fruit trees that pose less risks for bees but are not available to consumers.
A further conundrum is that the USDA requires me and every and orchard in southern California to apply Imidacloprid to our citrus trees every 90 days. Interestingly enough, while bee colony collapse does occur in managed hives here, the local bee population is growing.