Fruit Pesticides Toxic to Honey Bees

Highly toxic (severe losses may be expected if bees are present during spraying, or become active in the orchard within a few days after spraying):

abarmectin (Abba, Agri-Mek, Temprano), beta-cyfluthrin (Baythroid XL, Leverage 360), bifenazate (Acramite, Banter), bifenthrin (Bifenture, Brigade), carbaryl (Sevin), cyantraniliprole (Exirel, Minecto Pro), cyfluthrin (Tombstone), diazinon, emamectin benzoate (Proclaim), esfenvalerate (Asana, Adjourn), fenazaquin (Magister), fenpropathrin (Danitol), gamma-cyhalothrin (Declare, Proaxis), imidacloprid (Admire Pro, Alias, Leverage), indoxacarb (Avaunt), lamda-cyhalothrin (Endigo, Warrior, Lambda-Cy, Besiege, Silencer), methomyl (Lannate), paraquat (Gramoxone), permethrin (Perm-Up, Pounce), phosmet (Imidan), pyridaben (Nexter), spinetoram (Delegate), spinosad (Entrust), spirodiclofen (Envidor), sulfoxaflor (Closer), thiamethoxam (Actara, Agri-Flex, Voliam Flexi), tolfenpyrad (Apta), zeta-cypermethrin (Mustang Maxx)

Moderately toxic (These materials should be applied only during the late evening or early morning. They should not be applied directly on bees in the field or on colonies)

acetamiprid (Assail), clothianidin (Belay), oxamyl (Vydate), spirotetramat (Movento)

acequinocyl (Kanemite), afidopyropen (Versys), azadirachtin (Aza-Direct, Neemix), Bacillus thuringiensis, buprofezin (Centaur), captan, clofentezine (Apollo), chlorantraniliprole (Altacor), cyclaniliprole (Verdepryn), CM granulovirus (Cyd-X, Madex, Virusoft), cyflumetofen (Nealta), diflubenzuron (Dimilin), dodine (Syllit), etoxazole (Zeal), fenbutatin oxide (Vendex), fenpyroximate (Portal), ferbam, flonicamid (Beleaf), hexythiazox (Savey, Onager), kaolin (Surround), maneb, methoxyfenozide (Intrepid), novaluron (Rimon), Ovex (Ovotran), pheromones, pyriproxyfen (Esteem), sethoxydim (Poast), thiram, wettable sulfur, most herbicides

2022 Revisions