PLB wrote:  "They were easily subdued, whereas some of the mean hives I have worked have been utterly oblivious to smoke, or it seems to make them madder."



This is my second year of using neither smoke nor spray and I seem to be getting fewer stings than previously, yet a friend who has been helping me recently tells me that in her part of the country (200 miles NE) the bees (this season) are far more productive than here but could definitely not be handled without smoke. There is a Fastbuck breeder near her so maybe their drones are causing a cross cross.


Chris

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