The following two messages, as submitted, included long quotes of previous articles and were edited by a moderator. Please do not quote complete previous articles. --- I'm a homebrewer and a beekeeper, and I've tried fresh used brewer's yeast as bee feed supplement. I set it out in pans and no bee would go near it, even if it was sweetened with sugar-water. Perhaps their avoidance was due to the hop residue in the yeast; it's nasty (at least to me, but you know bees .) Walter Weller --- Comment, Jerry -- You expressed concern about using aromatic red cedar for bee boxes. Here in the southeast, where red cedar is plentiful, every hollow cedar tree is full of bees. They seem to like the odor. I've used red cedar lumber for boxes, but it's too dimensionally unstable to be much good (moisture content). The bees seemed happy with it, though. Walter Weller --- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/BEE-L for rules, FAQ and other info --- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::