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Bob Harrison <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:41:11 -0600
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Yoon said;
"Interestingly, I was inspecting the bees without lighting my smoker, as
usual"

Yoon also said:
 "when I got to the strongest of all colonies, boiling with nearly two
deeps of bees, plus a medium filled with honey, they were NASTY.  En
masse, they flitted at me, like dark bullets. Although they could not
sting through my winter clothing, I could feel the tips of their needles
nip, irritating me so much so that I had to grab my nylon windbreaker,
which offered me a better protection from my becoming an incidental
pin-cushion."

In my humble opinion smoke would have been a useful tool in the above
situation! If nothing else but to mask the odor of the stings in Yoon's
clothing.
What if Yoon had not been protected by his armor coating?

Bob

"Thinking a smoke free workplace does not fit beekeeping!"

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