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Bee kill from fume boards?
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 27 Jul 2016 17:51:45 -0700
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Hi All,

Today my sons were pulling honey in 100F+ weather, using fume boards with a
common commercial scented butyric acid repellent that we have used for
years, but not at this high a temperature.  They called me when the found
several hundred freshly-dead or dying bees in one hive.  I rushed to the
yard, and only found a few dead bees in the other hives that had been fumed.

My question: has anyone else ever heard of bee kill from fume boards in hot
weather?

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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