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Wed, 13 Apr 2016 09:00:28 -0700
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Re: The effects of smoke
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> >The present work shows that even without any manipulation of the colony
> the administration of smoke reduces foraging activity for a time, as well
> as having the desired effect of reducing the number of guard bees.


Thank you for the quote Pete, but nothing in it suggests any sort of
immobilization or narcosis, but rather a change in defensive and foraging
behavior.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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