Comments on: Chalkbrood and the Banana Thing http://beespoke.info/2016/09/13/chalkbrood-and-the-banana-thing/ Information For Humans Beeing Wed, 22 Feb 2023 18:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gimlet http://beespoke.info/2016/09/13/chalkbrood-and-the-banana-thing/#comment-6500 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 18:55:46 +0000 http://beespoke.info/?p=5129#comment-6500 In reply to Glaufx Garland.

Yes, they do

]]> By: Glaufx Garland http://beespoke.info/2016/09/13/chalkbrood-and-the-banana-thing/#comment-6495 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:58:41 +0000 http://beespoke.info/?p=5129#comment-6495 All plants do that https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=ethylene&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

]]> By: Terry Galbraith http://beespoke.info/2016/09/13/chalkbrood-and-the-banana-thing/#comment-3645 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:06:17 +0000 http://beespoke.info/?p=5129#comment-3645 Thanks, one theory is that the banana triggers a super cleaning response…
Another suggests coating banana with icing sugar.
Keeping effected colony in the henhouse will see the chooks clean up discarded mummies.

]]> By: Gimlet http://beespoke.info/2016/09/13/chalkbrood-and-the-banana-thing/#comment-3606 Fri, 07 Jun 2019 17:40:05 +0000 http://beespoke.info/?p=5129#comment-3606 In reply to Amber Yano.

Good question, inconclusive results here: http://beespoke.info/2016/10/26/chalkbrood-banana-results/
More research needed I think but the main thing is that the bees didn’t seem to suffer at all so it’s something to try and it’s fun.

]]> By: Amber Yano http://beespoke.info/2016/09/13/chalkbrood-and-the-banana-thing/#comment-3605 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 20:09:37 +0000 http://beespoke.info/?p=5129#comment-3605 So, what happened with the banana skin treatment?

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