> The second thing to consider, is the the gel is designed to be physically > carried by the bees, I admit apiquard gel can fuction in a diffrent way. Will be interesting to hear what you see in colonies if you have time to observe. What I said was from experience of evaporating thymol and formic from pads from the top of the hives.. Gel can be different expecially if you do put in in the middle of the brood between the boxes. In cold Finland (already now -5 C in nights) we use these often during feeding. Partly because of time factor as winter comes so fast, but also partly because during feeding hives are warmer and we get enough effect. Ari Seppälä Finalnd *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L