I recently bought a gallon of Bee Quick. I wanted to try it out, because it
is supposed to work in cooler weather than Bee Go. The fact that I might
not smell like a bum in the gutter was a plus, too.

The other day, Bob H said something on Bee-L, about driving bees out the
bottom of the hive for mite treatments...using Bee Quick.

Bob, how can you drive bees out the bottom entrance with Bee Quick, when I
can't even drive them out of the supers?
I've used the product for two days. First day, I did two yards and removed
about three tons. I used Bee Quick boards, and my helper used Bee Go
boards. The top super cleared ok, with Bee Quick, but the subsequent three
of four wouldn't clear of bees. They clustered in the corners, and against
the sidewalls. The only way I could get them out was with my blower. I
tried a small amount, and increased it a couple times. I tried leaving the
boards on square, and slightly ajar, and turned sideways. Not much luck. My
helper did 3/4 of the yard...now that IS a first.
        Today we did another two yards...same amount of honey, same results. The
first yard took 4 hours. The Bee Go boards cleared 2/3 of the yard, but I
was stuck blowing bees, because the Bee Quick wasn't working well. The
second yard, I just said "ta hell with this" and used the Bee Go boards for
the entire yard. We took off 3200 pounds in 1 1/2 hours.

Both days were sunny, with temperatures in the 70s. The supers were capped,
and not much drone brood was present. I think I did my best to give the
product a fair test. I really wanted it to work, as we have cool weather
coming, and Bee Go just won't work at all. Maybe when it is cooler I will
find it is a little better for those conditions, but for now, I just can't
spend the time just trying to smell nice :-)

Or perhaps there is some trick??

Mike