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Mark Hayward wrote:
>I too really enjoyed reading The Beemaster of Warrilow - very prosaic and it
>also contained some interesting snippets of information. One was how the
>Beemaster used oil of wintergreen smeared on himself to avoid getting
>stung >when trying to cut wild colonies from trees in the woods. Has
>anyone tried >this and does it work?? Anything to avoid a few stings from
>those nasty >colonies.
Bill Morong countered:
Please be careful. Oil of wintergreen can be absorbed through the skin.
Though harmless in small doses, as when used as a flavoring, in sufficient
quantity it can be toxic, even fatal.
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Quite some time ago, an old man who had kept bees in Russia told me that
they had used clove oil smeared on their hands to calm the bees. I tested
it out. Even though clove is very expensive, I learned that it can be
diluted a great amount with regular alcohol (ethanol), and it still worked
out very well for me.
For a time I thought of patenting it under the trade name, E-Z-B and
going into business. However, other more pressing matters intervened, and
I never got arount to it.
I suspect such compounds work in the same manner as how smoke may work
--- by hampering the odor sensing ability of bees for a short while.
Adrian
Adrian M. Wenner (805) 963-8508 (home phone)
967 Garcia Road (805) 893-8062 (UCSB FAX)
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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* "The history of physics is the history of giving up cherished ideas."
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* Andrew Strominger, Harvard physicist (1999)
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