Max Watkins wrote:

>If you want to use both Apiguard and menthol, I would do the menthol
treatment after (separately from) the Apiguard. Otherwise the bees might
object to the extra odour. You may otherwise overdose.

Furthermore, these chemicals could react together in some unexpected way. It
is best not to mix things that have not been tested *together*; this is
essentially the same as using an untested chemical.

Let the researchers use their bees as guinea pigs; if they contaminate the
honey they can afford to dump it.

pb

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