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Date: | Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:39:10 -0400 |
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Many have asked for a method to euthanizing a hive that will not contaminate honey and combs. I have never had combs or honey tested for residues after the moethod I'm about to describe, but I have restocked the equipment and the new stock did well as far as I could determine.
The method I use if sulfur fumes. I get powdered sulfur from a garden supply store (sulfur is user to control balck spot on rose bushes). I mix the powdered sulfur with my smoker fuel, and the resulting smoke kill the bees in the hive. Tape up all cracks/bentillation holes, reduce the entrance, blow copious amounts of smoke into the hive, seal the entrance entirely, wait 24hours.
Not a pleasant task, but it does the trick and the equipment can be reused.
WARNING: mix the sulfur with your smoker fuel. DO NOT dump powdered sulfur into a lit smoker (unless you like the no eyebrows look).
Aaron Morris - I think, therefore I bee!
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