Steve :
 
 
I'm not of the context of putting your bees down, but I use CO2 gas and
it works very good.  I read somewhere while chilling can lead to
metabolic changes in insects, CO2 only effects bee longevity.  For the
pesticide studies I do I believe CO2 is the least invasive to the bees
physiology.  Any other views on this subject.
 
Cheers,
Adony
 
On Fri, 3 May 1996, Steve Pearce wrote:
 
> Dear Bee-L people,
>
> I have read in an old book the use of chloroform in anaethesising bees,
> for example when a very vicious but strong colony of bees needs
> requeening.
>
> I have in the past during the course of my undergraduate degree
> anaethesised Drosophila melanogaster with ether, and I have read in
> Ashburners book of Drosophila laboratory methods that this can lead to
> irreversible behavioural changes.
>
> These behavioural changes (if they occur) are likely to be more serious
> in bees than Drosophila living in a milk bottle.
>
> I was wondering whether anyone has any experience of any of these
> methods, and particular in relation to behavioural changes
 
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