Peter wrote

> The use of carbolic acid on bees, which continues to this day, has its
> roots at the dawn of modern disease treatment:

In Australia, carbolic acid is no longer used (there may be the odd idiot or 
two).  This is because of residue problems in the honey.  The use was 
stopped several years ago.

I am not sure that it was ever used for modern disease control in Australia. 
Its use was as a repellent to remove the bees from supers so as the honey 
could be extracted.  I remember seeing a reference by one of the old 
beekeepers, who died in the early 1930's, that he used carbolic acid to stop 
robbing.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA

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