The only time I entered honey in a show (about 20 years ago) the supers had 
been cleared with Bee Go. I got first prize in the class.

I still have the same plastic bottle of Bee Go, within a coffee jar, within a 
plastic bag, within another plastic bag, and I use it from time to time in 
the swarming season.  A few drops on a wodge of cotton or sponge can shift a 
swarm from an inaccessible place.  A similar amount on a rag can discourage 
scouts from proclaiming an attractive cavity to be the ideal new home.  I was paid 
£30 the other day for using this trick.  It was just outside the kitchen of 
the householder who decided it smelt just like the parmesan cheese he was 
sprinkling on his pasta, and he rather liked it.

So in my view it is a chemical that has an acceptable use in the beekeeper's 
kit, but that there are better ways of clearing bees from supers.

Chris

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