Tempo 1% Dust Insecticide - Questions & Answers

While the Tempo is a great dust and would work in wall voids and around baseboards to kill roaches of any kind as well as other pests, there are other methods that are much more effective for something has hard to control as german roaches. We recommend looking at some of our Roach Control Kits as well as our helpful article How To Get Rid of Roaches for the best, quickest, and most effective methods of elimination of the colony.

Depending on what stage the bee is in the life cycle it can take minutes to hours. The idea is that the adult bees carry the dust in the holes to the larvae.

Tempo 1% Dust should NOT be applied to any edible vegetation or within five feet of the dripline of the edible garden area. If any get in the raised garden or other garden areas by drift, the vegetables should be discarded.

You can locate local bee keepers by contacting your local cooperative extension office.  Many bee farmers will come remove honey bees free of charge because of the recent decline in the honey bee population. If this is not an option for you, you can use a hand duster to apply a dust product such as Tempo Dust into and around the area where the bees seem to be gaining access to your home. Over a period of a couple of days to a week (timeline will depend on how many bees are contacting the treated area) this will kill off the colony that has taken up residence in your home. Any insecticide applications should be done very early in the morning or very late in the evening when the bees are less active. After the bees have been eliminated it is important to remove the bee hive from the void where the bees were nesting. Failure to remove the hive can lead to mold issues and secondary infestation from hive beetles and other insects. If the bee hive is in an area that is not easily accessible you may want to consider hiring a professional pest control operator.

Some Bed Bugs strains have become resistant to pyrethroid insecticides like Tempo and Delta Dust. If you suspect a resistancy issue then a pyrethroid based insecticide would not be recommended. CimeXa Insecticide Dust is the newest product available in the battle against bed bugs. CimeXa Dust is 100% Silica dust (pyrethroid free), is very safe, odorless, and will not stain.  CimeXa Dust will last up to 10 years when applied to undisturbed areas like wall voids, or frames of some furniture such as couches. It is very effective on bed bugs, especially pyrethroid resistant bed bugs. When pests come into contact with CimeXa, the product clings to their exoskeleton and absorbs the waxy coating, causing death from dehydration. You would want to reat the interior framework, cracks and joints of the furniture, and the folds, tufts and edges of cushions and other upholstered areas.

Yes, you can mix the two products together and apply them at the same time. Make sure to follow the stricter of the two labels if one only allows applications in certain areas.

Tempo 1% Dust is safe to use in places where pets and children will be as long as you follow the product label and only apply the dust in allowed places.

Please check out our article "How to Get Rid of Yellow Jackets". If you can get to the openings where the yellow jackets are coming in and out from we highly recommend applying a dust like Tempo 1% Dust and when the yellow jacket comes in contact with it, the dust will transfer from yellow jacket to yellow jacket and kill off the entire nest.

We would recommend using Tempo 1% Dust for treating any type of nest in a soffet or wall. Puffing a couple of times into the entrance in the evening when they are less active will allow the dust to enter and they will carry it on their bodies through the nest. It can often take 2-3 weeks at least for all life cycles to be completely affected. Please let us know if you have any other questions.

Tempo 1% Dust will work great if the entry way to the nesting location is lightly dusted. It could be that there is another nesting area that needs dusted late in the evening when they are the least active.

We recommned that you use a hand duster and apply a dust such as Tempo dust to the holes where the wasps are going in and out. The dust will help eliminate the wasps in the nest and any other wasps returning to the nest. Tempo dust will stay effective for several months as long as it is dry. We are not aware of a product that would eliminate the wasp pheromone to help stop wasps from returning to a particular area.  After dusting in the void where the wasps have a built a nest you can try spraying the siding with a product such as Talstar P. You can spray once a month and any wasp that lands on treated areas will be eliminated within about 24 hours which should stop new wasps from being able to build a nest.

Although, you can use Tempo Dust, we recommend using Alpine Dust. Alpine Dust will NOT excite the bees like Tempo Dust can. You want to make sure to apply Alpine Dust where you have seen activity.

Tempo 1% Dust can be applied to cracks, crevices, base boards or wall voids. You want to allow time for the dust to settle before re entering.

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The purpose of termite applications of TEMPO 1% Dust is solely to kill workers or winged reproductive forms which may be present in treated channels at the time of treatment. Tempo will not transfer from termite to termite and you must drill into the wood to apply the dust directly to the galleries with a hand duster. When treating for drywood termites you must be able to either remove the infested pieces of wood or directly treat the wood with a product such as Boracare which will penetrate into the wood from the outside (still must access the wood but you do not have to drill into the wood. Boracare can only be used on wood that has never been painted, stained or sealed) or you must drill into the wood and apply a product such as Tempo dust or even better Termidor Foam which will expand and move through the galleries and the termites will even spread the product for you through social interaction.

Tempo dust is not labeled for use on edible vegetation and has not been tested for this type of use.

Tempo dust will help in the elimination of spiders, including brown recluse spiders when used as recommended on the product label.

You can initially try just to apply the Tempo 1% dust between the cracks and see if it takes care of the problem. If the nest is larger or further away from the crack then you could be required to remove the board to directly treat the area.

Both dusts would work very well for spiders. Delta dust does have an advantage if you need to treat in damp or moist areas though as it is waterproof and will work even if wet. You should note that dusts do not offer a quick knockdown.