jpryce. I don't think that would be a very good thing at all. I am not even sure that it would accomplish anything at all. The inside of the bee colony should not even be painted. It should be a pure place for the bees to live, wood, nothing else to contaminate anything within the colony. This thought is something that I don't even understand actually. Maybe this type of action has been done somewhere, but it seems like a very far fetched idea. Others will give you some good information, but certainly, I think it would be a bad thing. Have a wonderful day, with health. Cindi