> Hi all,
>
> Thanks to all who responded to my mention of a "sickly sweet smell" emanating
> from my hive.  My wife and I opened the hive and everything looks wonderful.
 
I thought I recalled reading something about a strong smell being
assosciated with AFB, and when I checked, there certainly is, but any
good beekeeper would probably notice other symptoms before the smell,
as the smell only develops in the very advanced stages.  The AFB
smell was described as a "Glue pot" smell.  I have no idea what this
smells like, so can anyone enlighten me/us??
Adrian.