On 21-Jul-10, at 1:05 PM, Doug Tompsett wrote: > > > When I say hot... smoking made them angry, sugar water sprayed on > them didn't help. Hi Doug I have a bag of cull tobacco leaf in my bee shed that I use seldom but have never seen it fail to get a mean hive calm when put into the smoker. Part of a cheap cigar would also likely work. Don't breath the smoke yourself as it's pretty deadly. Put in a sticky board, use a small amount of tobacco smoke on any hive, then check the sticky board a few minutes later. If you have varroa, there will be lots on the sticky board. Bob Darrell Caledon Ontario Canada 44N80W *********************************************** 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 Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm