At 10:09 AM 5/3/96 GMT, you wrote: > >I have read in an old book the use of chloroform in anaethesising bees, >for example when a very vicious but strong colony of bees needs >requeening. > [deletions] I'll vote with the people recommending CO2. Chloroform as an anesthetic can be rough on the liver of the person handling it, and is environmentally unfriendly. I have no idea what anesthetic doses can do to bees, but higher levels or longer exposures are lethal to them. -- John E. Taylor III (W3ZID) E-Mail: [log in to unmask]