Fume boards, anyone here use them?

[Lancej]

Does anyone use fume boards down under? All the products are hard to find?

[Honeycomb king]

I don't think they're legal here anymore.  Dad used them in the 80, s. Didn't make a lot of sense to us as it chased the bees out, there fore stopped production until the smell cleared . escape boards are a better way.

[Lancej]

Found a few chemicals that were used years ago that are now banned in most countries and I can see why, the guy in bunyip is now selling a product for fume boards. I will have to give escape boards a go.

[Honeycomb king]

A good clearer board / escape board.is easy 2 to 3 hours and they should be 90% clear, or leave overnight.  (Sounds like an advert for headache pills).
Easy on the bees. Working with two even easier and quicker.

[BeeMaster2]

You can make your own Bee quick. I have made it and it seems to work as well as the real stuff.
I will do a search for it.
Jim

[Lancej]

Thanks Jim, looking forward to see whats in it. I will also have to make a few escape boards as well, l didn't realize that they cleared that quickly.

[BeeMaster2]

If you have SHBs bee careful. You are giving them free range of the super and they will start laying there eggs as soon as the bees are thinning out. I made 2 of them and tried them once. I stapled a piece of terry cloth over them and now use them as fume boards.
I was not able to find the formula on the web or on this site. I am hoping I have it in an old phone.  I am still searching for it. I may have it in one of my bee note books.
Jim

[BeeMaster2]

Here is the formula:
Substitute for bee quick.
One ounce Tea Tree Oil, one liter bottle of rubbing alcohol, one small bottle of pure almond extract. Place all three in spray bottle.
Jim

[Lancej]

Thanks Jim

[BeeMaster2]

NP

[Matt J]

Jim. How long does than formula last?  I helped a friend extract yesterday, and he uses Honey Robber. Probably one of the worst smells ever!  Seemed like a lot of bees vacating the hive, which can't be good. Your recipe looks like something I'd much rather use, but the tea tree oil is somewhat expensive. Would a batch of this be effective for a couple years?


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[BeeMaster2]

Matt,
I bought the one ounce bottle of tree tree oil 2 years ago and made up a batch and put it in 2 sprayers and the rest in a glass jar 2 years ago. I still have one sprayer and the jar. I used it reciently on swarm removals and it still work.  For honey removals it does not remove all of the bees unless the frames are 100% capped. It thought the original bee quick worked better but I tried it this past month and found there was not much of a difference between the home made and the original. Leave ithe fume board on the hive for about 7 minutes.
Jim