On 13/07/16 07:43, E.t. Ash wrote:

>> as a couple of side notes I do seem to recall a short article in the ABJ long long ago where someone had the idea that the vibration of a running truck would somewhat settle the bees.  anyway the idea did seem to have some merit.

My memory of the research is that it came out of Russia, and the 'short 
take' that I took away from it was that the vibration of a running truck 
engine would effectively calm a hive down, but it had something like a 
20 minute onset.  That is, if you load and drive a truck with bees for 
more than 20 minutes, then unload, they would still be relatively calm. 
  I can't remember the specifics.

Nick Wallingford
Tauranga, NZ

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