Allen Dick wrote:
> ... Carl Hayden lab has been testing 2-Heptanone as a
> potential bee repellent.
>
> It seems that 2-Heptanone kills varroa without affecting the bees
> noticeably.

So where are they going with this?  Kill the Varroa (a good thing) AND repel
the bees?  Seems yet again that we're only half way there.

Aaron Morris - thinling the glass is half full!

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