At 12:58 PM 25/10/96 +0100, Dave Black wrote:
>Morning All, (and 'Afternoon' to the rest of you)
>
>I have a question. One of the purposes of the use of smoke is to confuse
>or mask pheromone communcation between bees so that an agitated bee can
>not warn its fellows. Do not essential oils have the same property ? If
>so has anyone noticed nice peaceful bees when using these compounds ?
 
So is my notion that the bees think: "Smoke! Smoke! It's a bush fire! Save
the honey!" and then, being comfortably fat with the honey, don't feel like
stinging, is that too fanciful to be true?
 
Bruce
10 months, 2 hives
 
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