ReBonjour Bee-lovers,
 
 
Someone (I lost his/her name) suggests ...
 
>>A spray of sugar water also works well in place of smoke.  I used this under
>>extremely dry conditions on property owned by someone who refused to let us use
>>smoke (experienced a pervious burn). Works o.k., better than canned smoke.
>>Smoke is prefered.
 
David Crawford contests : don't do that ...            <[log in to unmask]>
 
>I would caution against the use of sugar spray. It will work well during a
>good necter flow - BUT, the instant the flow is finished, the procedure
>will induce the most incredible robing...
 
Seems _pure water_ gets no problem and is really useful to weaken some
vicious bees ...
1.  spray first on the top of the frames
2.  immediately on the _both_ sides of the frame you are inspecting
3.  before laying the bottle : spray on the 2 sides the frames in the
    opened hole
Hope this helps !
 
Jean-Marie              <[log in to unmask]>
 
Local blooming informations ...
Long. : 4deg 56' E - Lat. : 50deg 30' N  -  Alt. : 200 m  -  North sea : 200 km
 
First capped drone brood in some view frames of my production hives :
About 8 days earlier than last year ...
Yesterday, I saw half of the queens of these hives laying in this frame :
fascinating to see your own queens laying quietly from a cell to another ...
 
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