waldignetzerocom wrote:
> A goose wing for brushing bees off a frame, inner cover etc.  Does not irritate bees as a spearing nylon bristle brush.  And it's so much faster. 

Ah! Finally, a way to combine two of my passions, Nova Scotia Duck 
Tolling Retrievers and beekeeping....just happen to have some goose 
wings to try, would Canada Geese work?

My favorite tool is the zip lock bag, for feeding, as a pastry bag for 
pollen substitute/syrup/vegetable oil paste, stapled to hive to protect 
index cards for notes, for dropping drone brood into to evaluate closely 
later for immature mites etc, for handing out pollen substitute as door 
prizes at meetings, for keeping a disposable bee suit 'just in case', 
etc etc....

Carolyn in SC

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