[GOP_Party_Animal]

Ask a beekeeper. Supposedly, smoke disorients the bees and keeps them calm enough to work with.

[KYGrandma]

Had a huge hive in my kitchen ceiling and called a bee keeper as the exterminator wouldn’t do it. The bee keeper came in with many cans of bug killer and zapped them. He said if the ceiling had fallen through someone could have been stung to death before they could get to the door. Don’t mess with them.

[allmendream]

The calming effect of the smoke on bees is that when they smell smoke they gorge themselves on honey and get very calm.

This is because bees in a forest fire need to eat up, calm down, and then get ready to move the hive.

So if YOU want to move the hive, smoke is a good first step towards getting them all well fed, calm, and amenable to the idea of the hive moving.

[GunsAndBibles]

“Supposedly, smoke disorients the bees and keeps them calm enough to work with.”

Blow bong smoke into the hive, put a pepperoni pizza outside.