"I know you want bees,..the best advise I can give is to stay away from weed killer, the bees will love you for that." I'm not sure what Konrad means by that. Bees do love many types of flowering weeds, so if you kill the weeds bees will not visit your lawn much throughout the summer, thereby possibly reducing their affection for you. In terms of toxicity of herbicides to bees, without going into the possible causes of Colony Collapse Disorder (in which there is no consensus among researchers) herbicides are generally not toxic to bees. Commercial literature recommends spraying weeds with herbicide in orchard row middles. This is done to remove blooming weeds (dandelions etc.) that bees may find attractive. The problem with blooming weeds is that insecticide sprayed on the trees is deposited in the row middles as well (on the blooming weeds). Bees are attracted to the blooms and can suffer mortality from insecticide residues. Therefore, it's recommended blooming weeds be either sprayed with herbicide, or mowed before spraying trees with insecticide. In terms of what "weed and feed" will do to your trees depends on several factors (type of tree, age of tree, type of herbicide, how close herbicide is applied, etc.) Generally speaking trees can tolerate small amounts of herbicide without harm. There are many herbicides labeled for use under fruit trees to control weeds (But again if your trees are young, caution is in order.) If trees are near your vegetable and flower garden, and the flowers and vegetables are fine, your trees will be fine (Flowers and vegetables are much more susc. to herbicide damage than trees.)

Numama, that may be why they tell you to place the traps away from the plants you want to protect. In fact we placed the traps upwind of our yard in the edge of the woods and they were half full in 4 days. Your neighbor may have drawn the beetles from your yard to theirs. We finally decided to take the chance...at least we are killing beetles and seeing less in the yard. I wondered if it is just time for them to dwindle away or is the trap being effective? SuzieQ, the following is a snip from an article on KU website about migration. So, either, they didn't place traps all over AR or the population is spotty. Since I know several folks in AR, I believe the spread is not even at this time...same as in MO. I wonder if it could be that some have been accidently transported from other States the same way they got to this country in the first place. They were first found in NJ in 1916. Do a search...there are some 300 plants that they like. Since we are surrounded by National Forest, there is no chance we could get rid of their food source. As far as the two NW AR Counties are concerned, it is probably just their proximity to heavy infestations in MO....favored migration route due to food supplies and good grassy areas for egg laying. The plants that I mentioned are only the ones I am concerned about...not a complete list of their food sources. "The spread of the Japanese beetle infestation is primarily the result of flight by the adults. They can fly as far as 5 miles but 1 to 2 miles is more likely. Usually, they make only short flights as they move about to feed. Local infestations spread as beetles move to favored food and suitable sites for egg laying." By the way, we have noticed that the Forestry Dept. place traps for various kinds of bugs and beetles all along the roads in National Forest areas up here and have done so for years. I haven't seen JB traps, though...I think they are watching for specific beetles that attack trees in the forest. The traps are not "one-size-fits-all."

grubs can usually be found in the lawn.. in the grass roots.. if you might care to dig up a small patch to find them.. though i should say.. usually there are dead patches all over the lawn.. because they are eating the roots.. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=grub+lawn+damage&t=ffab&iax=images&ia=images when there is a bad infestation.. the robins start digging around and eating them ... as with any bug..one or a few is never a problem.. its when its one of those 10 year plague events.. and there are millions of them ... and that is when some action needs to be taken... unless yo just want to go all morticia... and like leaf less plants... https://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/39700000/Morticia-trimming-roses-animated-gif-the-addams-family-1964-39772240-500-367.gif how large is your plague.. if any ken

Angela, I'm in agreement with RoseCanadian. I also see no Rose Rosette Virus symptoms on the rose in the photo, none. Sorry for your experience so far with this dreaded disease. I got my introduction to RRV last fall of 2022. Two venerable old bushes, a Quietness and the climber, Lady Ashe got it. Never had it before then, ever, and it has not reared its ugly head so far, a year later now. I planted a Queen of Elegance pretty much directly in the spot where the Quietness grew. The Quietness was dug up in September, 2022, and the Queen of Elegance was planted in May, 2023. It grew slowly but steadily all season long, and has shown no signs of RRV to this day. The climber, Lady Ashe, was discovered to be infected in only one single growing tip, far out from the crown, about 7' out. No other place on the bush showed any signs what so ever. I pruned the infected growth out last fall then, hoping that would be sufficient. A particularly severe Polar Vortex hit twice last winter and killed most of my roses down to the ground, including Lady Ashe. This past spring diseased growth sprang from the base of Lady Ashe! I was spellbound! There was no way I could dig this Lady Ashe out, its its"trunk," was about 4" across at its base. So I pruned aall the canes as close to the ground as possible and took aa brand new sawsall to it, purchased specifically for this job, and could not sever the roots successfully. Lady Ashe is one tough girl! My only recourse was to herbicide spray the growth which was less than a foot high. It succumbed immediately. That was done this past spring, 2023. I feel confident that by spring, 2024, no further growth will be seen and I can say confidently that the likelihood of any RRV remaining in the dead Lady Ashe is remote to none. My advice to you is to keep diligently aware of your roses' state of growth. Nip any further/future RRV symptoms in the bud, no pun intended, and continue growing roses. That's what I and most RRV victims have done. Take heart! Moses