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I love to hear that! I don't use the dangerous insecticides because I would never want to harm my beautiful lizards, or the birds, for that matter. In April I had a swarm of Africanized bees on my property
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Posted by: DeeDee ®

06/24/2022, 16:02:11

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and called out a bee keeper to round them up. They pollinated my citrus trees so beautifully (yes, Africanized bee pollinate and even make the best honey ever because, according to the bee keeper, they are the cleanest and keep their quarters cleaner than any of the other bees.

Unfortunately, there is a horrible butterfly/looking moth known as the Citrus leaf minor and it has devastated my citrus trees. I used spinosad which is considered a safer pesticide, but my favorite lime, and small orange may not survive. Made me cry.

At any rate, I am a lover of the lizards and do all I can to keep them around. My son ordered about 250 of them and released them on his property. They all fled the scene to other more pleasant quarters.

When my "exterminator" comes out, my property smells like garlic. It keeps the bugs out. I've learned since our move to AZ, to put diatamaceous earth around the threshold, because it keeps the creepy crawlers out. 

So glad there's someone who understands my love of these wonderful creatures of nature.







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