> I think there may be a typo in your post: "...the Carl Hayden
> lab has been testing 2-Heptanone as a potential bee repellent".
>
> Bee repellent or mite repellent?
They were testing 2-Heptanone as a _bee_ repellent to mix with insecticides
to keep bees from visiting freshly sprayed areas, when they discovered
2-Heptanone was killing varroa.
Aha!
allen
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