seven and june bugs

I hope no one near you has bees . AFAIK Sevin kills pretty much all insects . Diatomaceous earth (DE) is pretty effective on most hard shell insects , to control the grubs you'll want Bacillus Thurigensis (Bt) or beneficial nematodes . Chemicals are an absolutely last resort for us , and never on a blooming plant that bees may forage on . Eight hives now and planning on expanding to ten .

Where I am at I seldom see a bee. If there were any hives around I would not spray. I only have a small garden, about 20 tomato plants and a few squash plants.

I thought sevin killed almost all insects. The kind I used was a lquid in a bottle that is several years old and I just mixed it with water today.

Did you make sure you got the original container well mixed ? Sevin will settle out over time and can be a bitch to get it all back in suspension .

I did shake the container a lot and it was very milkey when it came out of the container. The container is only about a quart and can not see in it.

Does Sevin concentrate go bad after a few years ? I only mix what I spray at a time and then emmpty the sprayer that I never put any kind of weed killer in.

I hate this time of the year. Sprayed the tomatoes about 3 oclock and got a big down pour of rain that lasted about 20 minuites About 5 oclock. Not enough rain to do much for the farmers around here.

But definitely enough to wash away your treatment and generally piss you off ! As far as checking to see if you got it mixed in the bottle , put a stick or something in and see if there's stuff stuck to the bottom . Sevin is a chemical compound that as far as I know never goes bad .

Old Sevin brand name used to contain carbaryl but active ingredient now may be zeta-cypermethrin. Both may be available so check label.

I discovered this last year buying Sevin for chestnut weevils. These different insecticides may not kill all the same insects.

I've had my bottle of Sevin for like 30 years ...

Just looking it over again it looks like the zeta-cypermethrin kills more bugs than carbaryl but both should work for June bugs.

I just wiped out a nest of yellow jackets with the new stuff and it did a great job.

If Sevin was ever a trademark, they have lost it by not qualifying it with the chemical. In the past, DuPont lost the trademarks, Nylon and Neoprene by failing to mention the polymer. Now anybody can call their product Nylon or Neoprene.