Customer Reviews for Delta Dust Insecticide

After reading a lot of positive reviews about Delta Dust controlling bees I thought I would give it a try on our Birch trees that European Hornets were eating. It may work directly on nests but did not work when I dusted our trees. Hornets continued eating away on our Birch trees.

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4 of 8 people found this review helpful

I was thinking I could just squeeze the plastic container and it would send a stream of powder upward into the infested carpenter bee holes. Didn't work. So this product was a disapointment. Ended up using Tanglefoot which I should have thought of in the first place.

  Expert response:
The dust products are not intended to be used directly from the container. They will not apply the dust straight up. A hand duster should be purchased for this application.

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20 of 32 people found this review helpful

The one star I gave Delta Dust is probably too generous. I've dealt with bees/wasps/yellow jackets many times but the hives were always where I could get at them to spray a "freeze" or foam at night, and successfully kill them all. My current problem is bees in the aluminum siding/soffit, and they enter in many spots along a five foot ridge on the corner. My research showed that dusting with Delta Dust should do the trick but after 3 weeks and multiple dusting, they are still plentiful and going in the same places. Either the chemical in Delta Dust doesn't work or the quality of this particular product is poor. I guess I should have used "Drione" dust instead of wasting money on this. I haven't attempted to get a refund yet but may look into it.

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11 of 14 people found this review helpful

I just wrote a bad review for Delta Dust and forgot to give a little credit: It was free delivery and came quicker than I expected.

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3 of 9 people found this review helpful

The gels work great, but the Delta Dust has done nothing at all to alleviate the problem. The dust just clutters the areas that I have tried and roaches just avoid it. It has worked so poorly that it dosen't even deserve a rating !

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5 of 11 people found this review helpful

I had a yellow jacket nest in the eave of my house. I applied the dust to the area that the bees were entering the house on 3 different nights approximately 2 days apart. That was a couple weeks ago. The bees are as happy and healthy as ever today. The Delta Dust had zero effect on the bees. It was a total waste of money. I wouldn't recommend for yellow jackets.

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6 of 7 people found this review helpful

still had a lot of ant at home. did not see any changes. will not buy it in the future. totally waste my money.

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3 of 9 people found this review helpful

The powder does not do much. Can't get it into the hole without getting stung. Wasn't a help to me.

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4 of 11 people found this review helpful

I have yellow jackets that have set up shop in a hole in the brickwork. I bought a duster and delta dust to get rid of them. I have dusted this hole over five times and the yellow jackets keep coming. The delta dust works on any that I happen to catch flying in, but seems to have no effect on the ones inside.

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

Based on online reviews I purchased Delta dust for a situation where the Yellowjackets had formed a nest inside the overhang of my house. I used Bellows duster and applied 3 to 4 puffs of Delta dust for five nights straight. After 8 days there was no noticeable sign that the activity of the nest was slowing down. I switched the insecticide to Sevin Dust did one application and within two days the activity in the nest has almost completely stopped.

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10 of 12 people found this review helpful

I have yellow jacket bees building a nest behind some siding over soffet (sp). the product didn't kill the bees even after dusting them several times in the opening. I was using the Delta Dust Insecticide with the Bellow Hand Duster which worked well.

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7 of 10 people found this review helpful

Did not work, bees are still there.

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5 of 8 people found this review helpful

I read mixed reviews for the Delta Dust so I decided to give it a try. I have 2 subterranean yellow jacket nests that I need to get rid of. After 3 applications of the Delta Dust over the last few weeks, the yellow jackets are still buzzing around just as they were prior to treating them. It seems to have no effect on them whatsoever. I may as well have bought powdered sugar... I do NOT recommend this for yellow jackets.

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5 of 10 people found this review helpful

Applied liberal amounts to about 20 tunnels. After a week I haven't noticed any decrease.

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4 of 7 people found this review helpful

Used this on ground bees and it did not work. Lot of money for ineffective product

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1 of 7 people found this review helpful

I dusted the nest early morning Sunday, Sunday evening, and Tuesday evening. The yellow jacket nest is still active.

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4 of 9 people found this review helpful

Didn't work on yellow jacket hives, puffed dozens of times over a week's time and doesn't appear to have had any effect.

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1 of 3 people found this review helpful

I purchased this product with the expectation that it would be effective in eliminating or discouraging yellow jackets. However, it has proven ineffective in either killing or deterring them, as they appear to be unaffected even after a 48-hour period.

  Expert response:
We apologize you did not achieve the intended results. We would welcome the opportunity to troubleshoot the application to help get you the results you need. Please contact us at your earliest convenience!

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1 of 3 people found this review helpful

I bought this powder because I wasn't sure the spray was reaching the nest of bees. The puffer works well! But I have sprayed the powder on the bees nest several times and it has done nothing to get rid of the bees.

  Expert response:
We apologize you did not achieve the intended results. We would welcome the opportunity to troubleshoot the application to help get you the results you need. Please contact us at your earliest convenience!

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1 of 3 people found this review helpful

I bought delta dust last year for wasps in my eves. it seems that every other week i was dusting over and over again. my eves were white and still they came back. this year I'm gonna try tempo 1% dust. see how it works when it gets here

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

I use to have a issue with these bug in the upstairs bedroom.... I was able to get a grip of these bugs by using the spray's in the can. But now these little monsters just walk on the couchf like I put down some baking soda. I used this product as directed.... No such luck... Now I just have some dust in my garage colleting DUST!...

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2 of 5 people found this review helpful

I've previously had great success with Drione dust for clearing wasp nests. This time I tried ordering Delta Dust since it's supposed to be water / rain resistant. When applied to wasp nests, it does seem to irritate them in some way (you can see them rubbing like they're trying to clean it off of themselves), but ultimately it does not kill most of them. When I check the nests the next day, the wasps are still there. I switched back to the Drione Dust, and once again the nests are completely clear within a couple hours of application.

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3 of 5 people found this review helpful

I had wasps nesting in my vinyl siding. I dusted them twice a day at the entrance and around the entrance area, for a full week. I used half if the one pound bottle and the bellows type applicator. At the peak there were about 15 wasps per minute going into my siding. After a week there were 5 to 8 per minute. I finally used the foaming spray for another two days and then I re'calked the siding. I was a little disappointed.

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1 of 5 people found this review helpful

I am a property manager. Bedbugs arrived in an apartment building last year. It was months before it spread to another apartment and I was alerted. First I sprayed 4 gallons of bedbug spray from Lowes in the 4 unit. Then bought 2 lbs of Delta dust for a longer term fix. My sister is a Science teacher and told me her swimming pool filter powder is the same stuff for $15 for 50 pounds or $27 cents a pound. I guess Delta dust gets $20 a bottle as it works to spray it. The tenants say they have seen fewer bugs so apparently its working. The city inspector says bedbugs take weeks or months to cure.

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8 of 21 people found this review helpful

Not sure if this is the right product but will find out more next year when the new wasps hatch, but I can definitely tell you that the service from Do My Own Pest Control has been superior.

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10 of 11 people found this review helpful

Works great on everything but bed bugs. Just seemed to make them more aggressive.

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2 of 4 people found this review helpful

i had yellowjeckets behind my ceder sideing under a window,went out after dark when they were not flying in and out first treatment still flying second treatment still flying third treatment not as many after fourth treatment none flying.

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Well we do have lots of dead bees so either we have a very very huge nest under our siding or this stuff takes awhile to kill. We have applied at least 8x and still have these little buggers(yellow jackets)A bit costly for size,thought it would do more.

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It's may be working I really don't know, I still see roaches!!!

  Expert response:
Thank you for your comments! For a complete roach control program, we recommend to use additional products that have a faster kill than insecticide dust alone. We have excellent Roach Control Kits which contain the products recommended to combat a roach infestation completely, including roach bait gel, liquid concentrate, and Insect Growth Regulator (IGR). You can view these kits here: http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/roach-control-kits-c-2_73.html We also have a great Roach Treatment Guide with more tips and videos: http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/how-to-get-rid-of-roaches-a-458.html Please let us know if we can further assist you anytime

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

I'm rating 3 stars because multiple applications has not gotten rid of the yellow jackets.

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1 of 4 people found this review helpful