Fly Control for Bison
Organic balEnce Fly Spray biopesticide helps you gain lasting control of flies on your bison farm.
Providing Fly Control for Bison is what we do to provide comfort to these gentle giants.
Tim Frasier, Frasier Bison
“We have experimented with many traditional chemical and organic methods of managing fly populations. I can say that the use of balEnce and the technology of utilizing existing bison behavior have far surpassed any positive result we’ve experienced. We experience less fly management requirements with each passing year, which supports the hope that our farm, as a natural system, has become much less ‘fly-friendly’ with each year.”
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Tim Frasier, of Frasier Bison, is working with one of his former, young bison — Tater.
Tater has taught Tim that if Tim will give him a cookie, he’ll lie down beside him. As Tim says…”We in the bison community do lots of things with them (bison) that make it appear as if they are trained. What is actually happening, is the humans have been trained to operate according to the bisons’ behaviors – to our benefit. It’s what I like to call, ‘Learning to Walk with Wild Things’.
Buffalo attract a variety of flies and treating them with toxic chemicals is not a good idea. The effect on the animals is not good and the chemicals don’t last.
Tim Frazier of Frazier Bison has been using balEnce Fly Spray for years and is a true believer. His tried and true technique is to spray the wallows with double strength balEnce — “What you will see is a reduction in the population in the first 36 hours, followed by a cycle of reduction [ongoing] and each year will be less management intensive because of lower and lower populations. You will actually be turning your bison into fly traps, and causing the flies to kill other flies by contact. This has been my experience. I have also sprayed the bison occasionally if I get a ‘bank-up’ of fly populations.”
The active ingredient in balEnce products is a naturally occurring fungus (Beauveria bassiana). This fungus specifically targets and kills the bison flies but does not affect humans, the bison, pets, or the beneficial insects that are so important for our environment.
In order to provide our bison customers with a complete solution to their bison fly control problems, Terregena includes parasitic wasps, also called fly predators, as an important part of its fly control product line.
How to Use balEnce for Bison Fly Control
Fly Control for Bison varies by location. Your herd may be affected by one or all of these flies – House Flies, Stable Flies, Horn Flies, and or Face Flies.
Housefly
Horn Fly
Face Fly
Stable Fly
The active ingredient in balEnce products is a naturally occurring fungus (Beauveria bassiana). This fungus specifically targets and kills the flies but does not harm humans, livestock, pets, or the beneficial insects that are so important for our environment.
In order to provide our customers with a complete solution to their fly control problems, Terregena includes parasitic wasps, also called fly predators, as an important part of its fly control product line.
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Courtesy of The National Wildlife Federation
Courtesy of The National Wildlife Federation