Mosquito Fogging Planned In Ensley, Gonzalez, Cantonment, Beulah

September 9, 2016

The Escambia County Mosquito Control Division is planning “fogging missions” beginning  through Thursday, September 15 in areas of Beulah, Ensley, Gonzalez, Cantonment and Saufley Field.

Mission hours vary but typically occur in the evening hours from 6-9:30 p.m.

For maps of the spray areas, click below:

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13 Responses to “Mosquito Fogging Planned In Ensley, Gonzalez, Cantonment, Beulah”

  1. Biggo Mamma on September 10th, 2016 9:09 am

    The Purple Martin Conservation association sells CDs of purple martin bird birdsong you can play on a boom box on your front porch and attract purple martins. Purple martins eat 2000 insects a day but all kinds of insects they don’t specialize in eating just mosquitoes. Also they only eat in the daylight. Bats come out at night and eat 2,000 small insects. Also mosquitoes are repelled by the smell of chickens up to 15000 feet and now you can buy “cutesy” backyard chicken coops for urban chickens that look like small kids playhouses.

  2. Wake up people on September 9th, 2016 10:34 pm

    A few mosquito diseases will not be no where near as deadly to people as killing bees which will devastate the environment killing crops and cause thousands to starve.We have to weigh out the actions we have instead of knee jerk killing everything.p.s. after the spraying the mosquitoes will still be around they are like roaches just something we have to deal with.

  3. kimber1911 on September 9th, 2016 1:24 pm

    South Carolina used aerial spraying during daylight hours when bees are active. Escambia County does not have aerial operations and only does fogging after 6 pm when bees have gone to their hive. Anyone that has honeybees can call them and they will set up a no spray zone as you see in the map.

  4. bwayne on September 9th, 2016 12:53 pm

    I agree with JBS. It appears that they are not going to spray the Cottage HIll Area and down 95A. That’s rather odd since we have many water pools in that area. I remember years ago before they changed it all that the sprayers used to go down our area constantly….which helped, but would have helped more had they not sped down the road.

  5. BentStraight on September 9th, 2016 10:26 am

    While the concern for bees MAY be warranted, you also must remember that Mosquitoes are known to carry many infectious diseases that kill like Malaria, Dengue Fever, West Nile Virus, Yellow fever, various strains of encephalitis and now Zika!

  6. xpeecee on September 9th, 2016 8:43 am

    Honeybees gather pollen and nectar as far as 3 to 5 miles from their hives. Please do not kill the bees… :(

  7. xpeecee on September 9th, 2016 8:40 am

    Please stop killing honeybees!!!!!!! :(

  8. Talia Smith on September 9th, 2016 7:44 am

    Can someone provide a link to the website where they list all of the chemicals that they spray? I can’t find it on the county website.

  9. JBS on September 9th, 2016 7:05 am

    Map link 46A displays a green area for 46. Please clarify whether or not the area North of Muscogee Road will be sprayed.

  10. Mickie fox on September 9th, 2016 6:51 am

    South Carolina has sprayed and killed their honey bees! It that going to happen in Florida?

  11. kimber1911 on September 9th, 2016 4:43 am

    Dana-

    All of the products used are listed on the county website.

  12. Dana L on September 8th, 2016 7:55 pm

    Would someone in the know, please tell me what specific chemical(s) is used when spraying? Thanks.

  13. Bob C. on September 8th, 2016 1:00 pm

    Protect your bee hives.