Tobacco stalks as smoker fuel

[Fahey]

I wondered if these would be ok to use in the smoker. I got them from a pigeon racing friend as they use them as nesting material to deter mites.

 

[Hivemaker.]

Tobacco was used in smokers for mite detection, by knocking them down onto sticky boards, the bee appliance companies used to sell it for this purpose. Think it was not too good for the queens though.

 

[SteveJ]

Seen lots of pictures videos of old beekeepers smoke pies as they do an inspection.

 

[yeogi75]

there is some info on dave chushmans site to using tobacco in smokers but the trial has been discontinued as not good for bees

 

[Russel]

Seen lots of pictures videos of old beekeepers smoke pies as they do an inspection.

New hive product & will it be covered by BBKA PL ins ?

 

[Anduril]

Tobacco was used in smokers for mite detection, by knocking them down onto sticky boards, the bee appliance companies used to sell it for this purpose. Think it was not too good for the queens though.

My recollection from reading one of Frank Vernon's books was that the tobacco aged the queen.

 

[victor meldrew]

I have written this before . I witnessed a "test" demo of using tobacco to detect the presence of the then unknown quantity in the the UK, upshot being ,the entire colony was rendered Catamose .
The Germans use a smoker ,less bellows , they deploy the smoke by blowing through a pipe fed through the veil! NB they don't smoke as in a tobacco pie
I certainly would not! Recommend tobacco as a smoker fuel . ( think neonicatinoids )
VM


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[victor meldrew]

Varroa that is , sorry no preview or edit with taptalk


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[Nige.Coll]

I was told by an old beekeeper that if he had a nasty hive he put some tobacco in his smoker and it calmed them more and made it easier to find and kill the queen.
no idea if it works never tried it.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Big problem with secondary smoking though!

 

[victor meldrew]

Puff ball is known to sedate bees M
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[thorn]

Do you find it makes them hang around outside the hive even in cold and wet weather?