Where Did Bee-Quick Come From?
A brief history: Both beekeepers had difficulty in shaking and brushing bees at harvest. The son kept designing new and innovative escape boards, bought a very expensive, powerful, and noisy Stihl backpack-type blower, and after getting frustrated with each approach, bought a bottle of Butyric Anhydride. This small bottle could have led to a divorce, but for the tolerance of his long-suffering wife, who suggested that it be stored at the end of the farm furthest from the house, along with all the clothing to be worn when using the Butyric, preferably in a concrete bunker at least 20 feet underground. The patriarch stated that he started beekeeping for fun, and did not find the harvesting process “fun” at all. Thus, after long hours spent re-learning long-forgotten chemistry and countless late-night sessions in the lab, Bee-Quick was created and fine-tuned.
