Category: Smokers

Colony Control: Smoke or Vape?

January 5, 2024 Ann Chilcott 2 Comments

Happy New Year Everyone. Smoker. If you’re like me you’re attached to your old smoker. Mine is twenty years old…

Posted in: Bee behaviour, beekeeping, Beekeeping Equipment, Choosing bees, Research, Smokers, Vapor v Smoke for bees. Filed under: Apisolis, dangers of woodsmoke, Honey bee response to smoke, Using vapour to calm bees

Smokers and Product Recall.

September 8, 2023 Ann Chilcott 2 Comments

Smoker Fuel. Has anyone else run out of their favourite smoker fuel? It has been a long season and I…

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Posted in: beekeeping, Beekeeping Equipment, Health & Safety in Beekeeping, honey, Smokers Filed under: cut comb, Ross rounds, smoker fuel, smoker product recall

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