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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => DOWN UNDER BEEKEEPING => Topic started by: tina on April 23, 2011, 04:57:14 AM

Title: mozzie repellant
Post by: tina on April 23, 2011, 04:57:14 AM
the mozzie are really bad here so have to spray ourselves everytime we go outside    i used it on my hands when opening hive and haven't had any stings   i can't wear gloves i'm too clumsy   the bees are very placid though
Title: Re: mozzie repellant
Post by: OzBuzz on April 23, 2011, 08:29:40 PM
Depending on the repellant i would have thought that it could potentially be toxic to bees?
Title: Re: mozzie repellant
Post by: tina on April 23, 2011, 10:57:31 PM
aerogard   only repells not kills
Title: Re: mozzie repellant
Post by: Michael Bush on April 24, 2011, 06:14:05 AM
Mosquito?  Sorry I don't speak Oz.
Title: Re: mozzie repellant
Post by: tina on April 24, 2011, 06:18:51 AM
sorry i forgot  mozzie is mosquito      sandie  is sandfly or sandcrabs depending on the context   muddie is a mudcrab
Title: Re: mozzie repellant
Post by: deknow on April 24, 2011, 07:03:09 AM
...i can guess what a "crotchie" is!
deknow
Title: Re: mozzie repellant
Post by: Michael Bush on April 24, 2011, 08:03:21 AM
That will make a good reference for the future... and I always thought a sandie was a girl scout cookie...
Title: Re: mozzie repellant
Post by: Lone on April 24, 2011, 09:16:16 AM
Quotegirl scout cookie...
I reckon you mean Girl Guide Bikkie, Bushie.