>W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper
>Rural Route One, Swalwell,  Alberta  Canada T0M 1Y0
>Phone/Fax: 403 546 2588      Email: [log in to unmask]
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 08:37:42 -0600 (MDT)
>From: Allen Dick 546-2588 <dicka@sun>
>To: Jean-Marie Van Dyck <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Warding off Robber Bees
>
 
   We used a technique for controlling robbing behavior in Northern
California that worked very well.  When we entered a yard and knew that
robbing was likely to occur, we went around to all the colonies and removed
their lids, leaning them alongside the hive.  That put all of the colonies
on the defensive, rather than on the offensive, and we could work without
concern.  Neither did we encounter undue hostility on the part of colonies
-- perhaps they were more on the lookout for robbers than for us.
 
                                                        Adrian
 
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