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Re: Maybe this keeps the bees away
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Chris Slade <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:14:48 EDT
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In a message dated 10/09/2009 13:32:57 GMT Daylight Time,  
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I wonder  if dead brood is repulsive to would-be invading insects like SHB 
and moths  as well as to bees?




But not to others such as flies.  The stinkhorn fungus (phallus  impudicus) 
stinks of dead meat to attract flies that help distribute its  spores.
 
Chris

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