Do you have to smoke them to make them drowsy at all, or do they just behave nicely??? Not sure that I am brave enough to be that close to a swarm of bees! Kudos to you!
Pippin, the smoking thing doesn't make them drowsy. When there is smoke, there is fire. The smoke makes the bees think that there is a fire and they need to protect their valuables (like us) which is their honey. They gorge themselves with the honey. When full they can't curve their bodies as easily to sting because their tummies are full. That is what the smoking is about. When they are in a swarm, they don't have their honey to protect. They sting to protect the thing that
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