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#1 ·
As recent past president of the VBA, I get advertising from various companies. This one takes the cake. I only posted the first page of 4, but you get the point.

"Specially formulated to protect bees in their hives."
"Protects against colony collapse disorder."
"Promotes healthy, disease free hives."
"Increases brood and honey production."

Healthy bees as long as they stay in their hives?

Just what is colony colapse disorder?

Oh goody, out "hives" won't get sick...don't ask about the bees.

Increased brood production...you mean like that frame of brood in the header. They could have at least included a good frame of healthy brood!

Comments?

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#4 ·
Of course, if you listen to/read what beekeepers think about CCD, they might have good reason to try these things. Even among beekeepers, opinions are splintered into groups that believe that nutrition/location/virus/bacteria/protozoan/hive-concentration/cell-phone-radio-waves/morgellons/transgenic-crops/neonicotinoids/other-pesticides/diesel-exhaust-fumes/magnetic-fields/fill-in-the-blank-with-your-favorite-or-least-favorite-thing-that-you-might-wish-to-blame-for-CCD is or are responsible.

And plenty of beekeepers seem convinced that everyone else is conspiring to cover up the "real" cause of CCD.

The discussion about potential causes is valuable. The wild accusations make beekeepers look poorly.
 
#10 ·
Wow! What a marketing endeavor. It looks like they might just pull this off and make a bundle off of gullible uninformed beeks grasping for anything to gain an edge. At $300 for a 5 gal bucket of insulating, mold inhibiting paint they'll make a killing.

The "product" has only been tested for 8 months by some new fly by night beekeeping operation, and they're the exclusive "distributor" for the product. What a Joke!

http://www.northbaynano.com/ColonyColapseDisorderNansulateBeeProtect.html

http://www.beehivehawaii.com/
 
#13 ·
Snake-Oil Part II

See my thread:

http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=224670&highlight=snake

Someone thought I was unfair in suggesting that the product was "snake-oil" and I received a PM which contained the following:

"read your post on "bee protect" being snake oil. i won't call you out publicly, but i think you should try it out before you say things as if they're fact. "

I responded with:

I think you should "call me out publicly"...

If all of your claims are true you have a lot to gain...
 
#15 · (Edited)
I would challenge the manufacture to send a can of the bee saving paint to consumer report and have them test their claims. I think that would be fair .
If you go onto bee-l and do a search Jerry Bromenshenk did some testing on it and posted his findings there.

mike
 
#16 ·
How curious.

If it was such a great insulator, maybe we should all put some on our houses.

If I could apply this as lotion on my skin, would it protect me from food poisoning?

A very brief study of medieval history will tell you that no matter how strong the walls, if the gates are open somethings getting in.

Convenient 8 month study...isn't that about the cycle time on this disease?

Hmmm......maybe not snake oil, but I don't see how it would differ from linseed oil.

My brain doesn't see how it would work. And my wallet doesn't care if my brain sees how it works.

Rick
 
#17 ·
There's a FAQ on their website, http://www.beehivehawaii.com/faq.php, of course it mysteriously avoids the obvious question "What's in your product?" :scratch:

Says each of your hives need three coats of clear coat and three coats of top coat... 2 gallons total per 10 hives, story and a half. At $60.00 per gallon (not including s & h) that's 12 bucks a hive! :eek:

I don't know about you, but I've got better things to do with my money than buy expensive paint...

Here's an interesting tidbit from the Industrial Nanotech website:

"Nansulate also has NSF registration for non-food compounds, which makes it acceptable to be used in food environments and on surfaces with incidental food contact."

Seems a little contradictive to what they're telling us beekeepers...
 
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