Dear Bee-L people,
 
I have read in an old book the use of chloroform in anaethesising bees,
for example when a very vicious but strong colony of bees needs
requeening.
 
I have in the past during the course of my undergraduate degree
anaethesised Drosophila melanogaster with ether, and I have read in
Ashburners book of Drosophila laboratory methods that this can lead to
irreversible behavioural changes.
 
These behavioural changes (if they occur) are likely to be more serious
in bees than Drosophila living in a milk bottle.
 
I was wondering whether anyone has any experience of any of these
methods, and particular in relation to behavioural changes
 
many thanks
 
Steve Pearce
Kilspindie
Scotland