Clay wrote:
"Don't flame us going in this direction we need time to do the
ground work before we can report."

I was very careful to have no flames, no matches, not even friction in
my post.  I applaud the work, I hope there's a solution or at least
indicatiobs of positive results.  I'd like plausible explanations, but can
live without them if none exist.

There is no explanation of why smoke quiets bees.  Sure, there's
speculation of "a fire in the woods", gorged bees, masked pheremones
and all that, but noone really knows why smoke quiets bees, it simply
does.  I use my smoker unquestioningly.

Aaron Morris - thinking smoke 'em if you've got 'em!