Fruit tree sprays and bees

[minz]

I am going to spray Lime sulfur delayed dormant spray this weekend and was wondering what effect, if any it has on bees. Doing my homework I found this great publication by WSU and thought I would post it.
http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/cepublicatio...18/pnw0518.pdf
I sprayed last weekend with perfect conditions (high in the 40’s, calm and broken clouds) but Weatherman missed and an hour long downpour hit before I was even completed. There went an extra gallon of chemicals into the soil! This weekend it will be in the 50’s for a high.

[fieldsofnaturalhoney]

I sprayed last weekend with perfect conditions (high in the 40’s, calm and broken clouds) but Weatherman missed and an hour long downpour hit before I was even completed. There went an extra gallon of chemicals into the soil! This weekend it will be in the 50’s for a high.

Didn't know there was a perfect time to spray, hope the weatherman didn't tell you this

[Vance G]

Lime Sulfer spray is a chemical that kills scale insects when they start expanding after winter dormancy. Water is a CHEMICAL to. Peaches are made of chemicals. You are a mass of different chemical compounds many of them quite toxic. Are those manmade chemicals too? Irrationality weakens what is indeed a valid concern in food contamination.

[alblancher]

I would think that Lime Sulfur is pretty harmless. Your link even lists it as having little affect on bees. Probably not a problem to respray if you wish. I add lime or sulfur to the soil depending on how the pH has to be adusted all the time

[minz]

IMHO perfect time to spray delayed dormant is when the light to no breeze (I don’t eat so much of it and it goes the direction I am pointing it), under 50 with clouds (bees don’t go down to the cold wet bottom land of the orchard) and more importantly it will stop raining! Did I mention rain?