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Adrian Graham DENT insightfully writes:
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> > This smell is more than likely from goldenrod honey that the bees are
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> What is golden rod?? I have been following this discussion with
> interest, because occasionaly my hives smell real strongly to, but if
> golden rod is an american plant, I don't think that would be the
> answer. Does anyone know of any australian equivalent??
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You _might_ be barking up the wrong tree here. Sometimes at night, or
evening, when things are still, and I am walking around the bee yard, I
can smell the alarm pher.. from the hives. Even before I touch them, if I
haven't smoked, they produce it readily. It has a sick-sweet smell.
IF your hives are making this smell to the extent described here, then you
may have a rodent-intruder in your bee yard regularly. This will make the
bees a bit edgy. Which _just_ is producing alarm pheremone (sp?) (can't
be bothered to look it up).
Just a suggestion, from a person who checks his hives at odd hours, Phil
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