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Re: honey removal
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Tim Sterrett <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:07:48 -0400
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> Greg Holley wrote:
>
> I am using bee-go for honey removal. I leave the bee-go felt board on
> top of the super for about 10 minutes.  However, when I remove the
> super and take it into my honey house, I still have lots of bees in
> the super.
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   (These supers have no brood in them, right?)
   A puff of smoke into the top of the hive before the Bee-Go and board
are set on top may help start the bees down.
   But (and I use benzaldehyde) I agree with Greg that the process is
slower than I had thought it would be.
Tim
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