Peter wrote
> The use of carbolic acid on bees, which continues to this day, has its
> roots at the dawn of modern disease treatment:
In Australia, carbolic acid is no longer used (there may be the odd idiot or
two). This is because of residue problems in the honey. The use was
stopped several years ago.
I am not sure that it was ever used for modern disease control in Australia.
Its use was as a repellent to remove the bees from supers so as the honey
could be extracted. I remember seeing a reference by one of the old
beekeepers, who died in the early 1930's, that he used carbolic acid to stop
robbing.
Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA
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