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>I grow about 1/4 acre of cut sunflowers each year to sell at market.
>Around mid-late summer these retarded cucumber beetles come and start eating the petals on my flowers. They make them unmarketable, and its also either them or some other insect that lays little worm eggs in the center of the flower. They hatch 4-5 days after picking and really gross out the customers.
>I spray permethrin on my cucumbers to deal with the cucumber beetles. It kills a few bees, but completely decimates the cucumber beetles.
>The flowers seem to attract more bees than beetles though. I'm worried that I will extinct all the bees in my area by spraying the flowers.
What do you bros think? This is costing me thousands per year.
>do the bees deserve my sympathy?