Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I live in Southern California and have a wonderful backyard living space that has been taken over by invasive Asian Tiger Mosquitoes. They can breed in a cap of water, bite during the day and prefer biting humans. Fortunately they are weak flyers so the real answer with them is to find the source of stagnant water which is usually within about 50 feet. Our local vector control free inspections are shutdown during COVID-19 and I have neighbors that must have standing water (I have verified my lot) so I am trying to get by until they will come out again and inspect. A co-worker from Texas highly recommended this product and unfortunately I didn't do my research. Its basically a pesticide fogger that fills the air with a pesticide that is toxic to mosquitoes, but unfortunately also deadly to honey bees. My bee friendly backyard has 2 managed hives, and bees around all my flowering plants as they make their daily treks to the hive and back, bothering no one and doing they honey making and pollinating thing. I received the unit and charged it over night and then tested it the next on my back patio (that has a roof) letting it run for a 15 minute warmup as they recommend. While it was running I started to look at the CA warning in the box and read up on the pesticide in the cartridge. I was still reading outside as I noticed chaotic bee activity in the backyard. As I feared I confirmed online that pesticides is toxic to many things, including bees. I immediately shut the unit down and when it cooled, packed it up for return - so it probably ran for about 20 minutes. To my horror the next day, my back patio was littered with dead honey bees. I would estimate 2 dozen or more. I hate mosquitoes as much as anyone, but the cost to you and your loved ones and pets breathing in pesticide that is also destroying beneficial insects, including our endangered honey bee population is too great of a price to pay in my mind. I am back to my lemon eucalyptus oil repellent and felt I needed to warn others of the "true cost" of this device.