Hi,
We usually use <ETHYL ACETATE> and this way the bees are kept dry and
still it's easy enough to work with them. The bees can be kept even for
two days in the jar and still be easily nailed. We also put a piece of
paper (tissue) in the bottom to hold the bee in place once there.
Cheers, Rivka Nokrian, ISRAEL
 
On Tue, 12 Jul 1994, Liz Day wrote:
 
> What is wrong with just plain ethanol?
> I tried to on a bee today and it seemed to work reasonably well,
> even though it was just 70% from the drugstore.
> (For those not current on this discussion, the original questions
> was a request for fast-acting chemicals that would kill quickly
> to prevent Bombus from getting wet and matted inside the jar.)
> Liz Day
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