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From: P-O Gustafsson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 07 June 1999 19:41
Subject: Re: Killing Africanized Bees



>> What is good way to kill bees in a hive while leaving the combs
>> in usable condition?
>
>Petrol.

>P-O Gustafsson, Sweden

This will not leave the combs usable, try Sulphur di-oxide obtained by
burning sulphur in a pit and placing the hive body over it.

This was the old way of harvesting honey from skeps, if they did not drum
the bees out of the hive.

Sulphur dioxide can be made by treating sodium sulphite with a weak acid and
is a gas, It might also be able to obtain it in compressed form.

Ruary Rudd
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