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Apis mellifica

Apis mellifica: caterpillars of the cabbage white butterfly on curly kale and pumpkin

Christiane Maute indicates in her book Homeopathy for Plants that wasps, bees, and hornets are the natural enemies of the caterpillars of the cabbage white butterfly. Therefore, treatment of brassicas with these remedies in homeopathic form could possibly minimise the eggs of this butterfly.
Here is a report suggesting that this idea is correct, although it is not definitive proof for a homeopathic effect.

"I'm very pleased with all the remedies but you need to give it some time to see the results.
I treated my curly kale and pumpkin with Apis mellifica 30 C. The large and small cabbage white butterfly avoided the sprayed areas; no infestation with caterpillars, just the occasional leaf was affected. In previous years there was regularly a severe infestation, with around 70% of the plants affected by caterpillars since the garden is sheltered and the cabbage whites can easily fly onto the plants. So the harvest used to turn into a caterpillar hunt. One year it was so bad that we had to throw everything onto the compost. You lose your appetite when you see so many bugs. After I sprayed the plants with Apis mellifica from above and below, the cabbage whites avoided the plants – they turned away when flying towards them. But you need to respray immediately after it rains. Three out of 45 plants had slight problems, with eggs. In total we had about 10 caterpillars after washing the leaves. This meant I could harvest the cabbage twice this year. We picked only 2/3 of the cabbage from the bottom to the top, and sprayed the plants afterwards. The cabbages have now recovered to the point that we can harvest them again."

Michael Müller, Hallenberg, Germany 2014

Eggs of the Cabbage
white butterfly

Caterpillar of the small
cabbage white butterfly

Caterpillar of the large
cabbage white butterfly

Cabbage white butterfly

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