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Greg Holley wrote:
> I am using bee-go for honey removal. I leave the bee-go felt board on top of
> the super for about 10 minutes. However, when I remove the super and take
> it into my honey house, I still have lots of bees in the super. Any
> suggestions or am I doing something wrong?
I would say 10 minutes is far too long. Three or four minutes should be long
enough, in warm weather. Air temperature is definitely a factor - bee-go will
not work well at all in cold weather. Also, burr and brace comb may impede
free movement of bees to a lower super. They get jammed up and can't move
down. I always use a bee blower with bee-go. I never depend upon it alone.
(The blower then also removes some of the objectionable fumes as well.)
Ted Fischer
Dexter, Michigan USA
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