I am wondering if any body knows if this stuff is harmful to bees? I have it for areas where I used to edge trim, but the last few years I have been using this around the house, fence, flower borders, etc... I won't spray it on anything that is in bloom but will cut it off first. Will the bees land on weeds and grasses that don't have bloom on them?
I have used it fo years I love it
I am going to start the war but I started applying glyphosphate in the seventies when it became available. It has revolutionized agriculture by replacing a lot of really toxic herbicides. Literally millions of gallons of diesel have not been burned in farm tillage operations which in many cases it eliminates. No tillage farming where nesting birds are not killed by constant tillage and erosion is almost eliminated is now the norm. I have used hundreds of gallons of the farm strength you are talking about and still have all body parts and my grandchildren are honor students. I spray it around my hives to keep the grass from blocking the entrance. It does not harm the bees in my opinion period! The bees will not be harmed by it especially if you cut off any blooms before spraying.
Now will come the storm of people who have read how horrible it is but have little or no direct experience actually using it. Make your choice who to believe.
what is the brand names?
and does this get into ground water?
Not harmful. I've used it around my hives for years.
It is the much maligned ROUNDUP and it deteriorates very rapidly upon contacting soil. When farming, you can literally spray the weeds and turn around and seed a crop. When it makes contact with the plants, they are dead, then it decomposes and does no further harm in my universe or anyone else I have seen. It replaced a lot of truly nasty stuff.