I can endorse Doug's recommendation as the best single all-round insecticide. Long-term effects on non- targeted organisms seem OK. Although bees are at risk, I've used it only sparingly, (once a year.) and my ground-dwelling bees do not seem to have suffered . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Westfall" <eagle85@flash.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Sanitizing Bulbs >I still recommend Bayer Advanced Tree and Shrub...with the active > ingredient, IMIDACLOPRID. I've used it on buckets of Sprekelias when I > have thinned the beds. NO > > LOSS OR DAMAGE TO THE BULBS!!! >