Dennis Scott wrote:
>    Does anyone have any suggestions on a good way to treat a hive with
> menthol crystals and preventing the bee's from propalizing the crystals,
> so they can evaporate properly.
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    I tried hanging the menthol crystals, in a piece of nylon stocking,
from a loop of string that draped across the middle of an empty hive
body on top of the colony. The string was stapled to the the top edges
of the empty hive body to make a trapeze for hanging the menthol.
    My theory was that the bees would have more difficulty finding and
propolizing something that was not in contact with the frames.
    Results? The weather in SE Pennsylvania does not get warm enough in
autumn to flood the colony with menthol so I never tested this on a
colony that was flooded with vapor.  The menthol was not propolized.
Tim
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Tim Sterrett
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