Peter - that's interesting. The old-timers in my area (Catskills) all  
talk of using anise oil as an attractant for swarms, and we've got  
bears like crazy. I tried baiting a nuc with drawn comb and anise oil  
last year, placing it up in a tree close to a swarm that was way out  
of reach. It was ignored by both the bees and the bears...
Kurt
Halcott Center, NY

> One summer we fed a lot of syrup to bees at the Dyce Lab. Dr. C.  
> had us add anise oil to the syrup to get the bees to take it  
> quicker. A couple of guys doing construction at the lab told me  
> that was a real dumb move on account of: anise oil is used by  
> hunters to *attract* bears. They said, if you want bears to know  
> where the hives are, that's the way to do it. They can smell it  
> miles away.


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