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Title: Honey Robber Experience?
Post by: keito on October 31, 2012, 09:02:10 pm

Has anyone had experience with this product? If so how did it work, the good the bad and the ugly of it? Thanks

Title: Re: Honey Robber Experience?
Post by: AllenF on October 31, 2012, 09:37:16 pm

I use Bee Quick.    It works.   Smells like almonds.  

Title: Re: Honey Robber Experience?
Post by: BeeMaster2 on October 31, 2012, 10:16:45 pm

I have used Bee Quick and Bee Gon. Bee Quick works better but the spray unit dis intigrates. My supplier switched to Bee Gon but there is a big difference. Lots of bees left in the super after 6u minutes with Bee Gone.
Jim

Title: Re: Honey Robber Experience?
Post by: AllenF on November 01, 2012, 08:29:04 am

I have a bottle of Bee Quick that is maybe 3 years old now, it still sprayed good a few weeks ago.   

Title: Re: Honey Robber Experience?
Post by: JP on November 01, 2012, 11:41:23 pm

Honey robber is no doubt a stronger repellant because its some down right nasty stuff. If you liberally spray the inner felt cover of your fume board and allow the sun to heat it or even run a torch over the top of the fume board bee quick should do everything you want it to.

Honey Robber and Bee Go are some down right nasty stuff that you have to be really careful with. Both smell awful and their scent lasts for quite a while (like in weeks!) if you get it in your truck. They are both extreme eye irritants much more so than bee quick.

If you use Honey Robber or Bee Go be certain to follow their labels very carefully and take proper precautions when handling the stuff.

On a side note when bee quick was not available a little while back I used Honey Robber on a removal & the stuff just about burned a hole through my skull. My eyes were burning so badly I could hardly see straight. It also disorients the bees for quite some time.

Definitely not a good product to use on bee removals.


...JP

Title: Re: Honey Robber Experience?
Post by: tefer2 on November 02, 2012, 11:12:40 am

Like JP, I also used some when Honey Robber when Beequick could not be bought.
The fumes were bad enough to change my mind forever! :shock:
Most of my customers say they like how Beequick smells.

Title: Re: Honey Robber Experience?
Post by: Michael Bush on November 02, 2012, 12:00:41 pm

Honey robber smells like vomit and cherry cough syrup mixed together... wonderful...

Title: Re: Honey Robber Experience?
Post by: tefer2 on November 02, 2012, 12:20:07 pm

Never transport that stuff without placing it inside a plastic bag. The cap on that stuff always finds a way to open on it's own. Took months to rid the back of pickup of that smell.

Title: Re: Honey Robber Experience?
Post by: hardwood on November 02, 2012, 06:42:59 pm

The last time I used it was a year ago and I can still smell it!

Scott