Pesticide Spraying- Need Quick Help

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My neighbor two houses down has a guy out spraying his grass. It is pouring down the rain right now so my bees of course are in the hive. Should I somehow try to keep them in the hive? I have no idea what they are spraying and the neighbors are not at home. Maybe the rain will wash it into the grass and it won't matter but I really don't want to take any chances. Anybody ???

[Irwin]

I would screen them in for a few days . I had a problem like that and lost about 500 bees :-x

[Kathyp]

go ask the guy who is doing the spaying (in the rain?).  can't imagine what insecticide they'd spray in the rain. 

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go ask the guy who is doing the spaying (in the rain?).  can't imagine what insecticide they'd spray in the rain. 

I already tried that and just as I was at the bottom of my driveway he pulled away.  :(

[Keith13]

Spraying in the rain? its a good chance he was spraying fertilizer maybe

Keith

[Two Bees]

I agree with Keith.......probably fertilizer or herbicide.  Can't really understand spraying in the rain though.  With herbicide, it's not going to do any harm unless the bees land directly on the plants that have been sprayed with the stuff.