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2. Pesticide toxicity to bees - Wikipedia

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   Propoxur is highly toxic to honey bees. The LD50 for bees is greater than one ug/honey bee. [citation needed] Highly toxic Acephate [25] Orthene Organophosphate: 3 days Acephate is a broad-spectrum insecticide and is highly toxic to bees and other beneficial insects. [26] Moderately toxic Azinphos-methyl [27] Guthion, Methyl-Guthion ...

3. Permethrin - Wikipedia

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   Permethrin is a medication and an insecticide. [6] [7] As a medication, it is used to treat scabies and lice. [8]It is applied to the skin as a cream or lotion. [6] As an insecticide, it can be sprayed onto outer clothing or mosquito nets to kill the insects that touch them.

4. Watch where you step! These bees may be digging holes in your ...

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   Insecticide dust: If you must kill ground bees, use an insecticide dust applied sparingly on the tops of their open burrow holes. Follow all directions and avoid spreading the poison in a wider ...

5. Pyrethroid - Wikipedia

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   Chemical structure of Allethrin isomers Chemical structure of Permethrin isomers. A pyrethroid is an organic compound similar to the natural pyrethrins, which are produced by the flowers of pyrethrums (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium and C. coccineum).

6. Cypermethrin - Wikipedia

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   Cypermethrin is a broad-spectrum insecticide, which means it kills beneficial insects as well as the targeted insects. [14] Fish are particularly susceptible to cypermethrin, [ 15 ] [ 16 ] but when used as directed, application around residential sites poses little risk to aquatic life. [ 17 ]

7. Raid (insecticide) - Wikipedia

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   Raid is the brand name of a line of insecticide products produced by S. C. Johnson & Son, first launched in 1956.. The initial active ingredient was allethrin, the first synthetic pyrethroid. [1]

8. Allethrins - Wikipedia

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   At normal application rates, allethrin is slightly toxic to bees. [4] Insects subject to exposure become paralyzed (nervous system effect) before dying. Allethrins are toxic to cats [ 5 ] because they either do not produce, or produce less of certain isoforms of glucuronosyltransferase , which serve in hepatic detoxifying metabolism pathways.

9. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural" repellents. [1] [2]For protection against ticks and mosquito bites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends DEET, icaridin (picaridin, KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), para-menthane-diol (PMD), IR3535 and 2-undecanone with the caveat that higher percentages of the active ingredient ...