If the bottle is unopened, still sealed with it's plastic wrap-around seal, and kept out of direct sunlight, Bee-Quick will remain ready-to-use for years. Once opened, the shelf-life depends upon how tightly you screw the cap back on. The bottle contains only a limited amount of air, and Bee-Quick reacts with air (oxidation/evaporation) to produce Bee-Quick vapors.

That would be telling, wouldn't it? Colonel Saunders never listed his 11 secret herbs and spices, and we are not going to reveal our formula of oils and herbal extracts, either. If anyone has any concern about Bee-Quick's ingredients, note that the bottling plant that we use bottles nothing else but food for human consumption. They cannot have any unsafe or non-food-grade materials to come anywhere near their shiny bottling equipment.

If you have a pair of observation hives, simply expose the bees in one observation hive at regular intervals to enough Bee-Quick to induce a noticeable reaction, while marking newly-emerged bees to be able to record the average lifespan of a statistically significant number of bees. As a control, have a second observation hive that is never exposed to Bee-Quick, but otherwise treated identically.

It certainly is much safer than all other "bee repellents", since it is the only one that is non-toxic, and the only one that is not classified as "Hazardous Materials". Since Bee-Quick produces vapors through oxidation, we suggest that you avoid splashing Bee-Quick in your eyes, but other than this obvious warning, you need take no special precautions.

We have an "attitude problem" on this issue, one we hope you share. We feel that nothing except honey should be in honey. If you spill ANYTHING into honey, we hope that you will not sell it. Bee-Quick liquid, when used correctly, stays on the fume board, and only the vapors come near the honey. Both Bee-Quick liquid and the vapors produced are non-toxic, which is something that no other product can claim.

Nothing will get all the bees out of every super. There will always be a few bees that are too stubborn to leave, for reasons unknown. (There, we just admitted what no one else except a beekeeper will tell you! At least we are honest...) The few bees that remain in the supers are fairly easy to shake or brush off the frames. If you remove the "stubborn" bees from one super while waiting for the fume board to work on another super or hive, things go fairly smoothly.

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.

Well, it is MUCH less expensive than other "bee repellents", when one looks at the total cost of using "the other stuff". We are not just talking about the Haz-Mat shipping fees, we are talking about costs like clothes that must be thrown away because you spilled Butyric on them, honey that was not made because you had could not harvest when you wanted and had run out of drawn comb, and so on. Bee Quick is even cheaper than fuel and maintenance for a leaf blower.

You will find a white sticker under the bottle with the expiry date on it. It is best stored in a cool dark place out of direct sunlight.

We do not know the exact temperature, but we suspect that you are worrying about the wrong temperature. The outside air temperature really does not matter on a sunny day. If you have painted the metal top of your fume board black, it will heat up to an acceptable temperature even on days that are "too cold for bees to fly". If the day is cool and cloudy, you can use a breeze board and get better results than you would with a fume board.

The small intestine in a healthy individual is teaming with various strains of acidophilus which Mesosilver may potentially kill if it proceeded far enough through the GI tract. We believe that Mesosilver is absorbed in the first feet of the small intestine and therefore should not progress far enough through the GI to cause any problems.

Oxygen is the staling agent for coffee. In order to maintain freshness, we package our beans in a one way valve-bag immediately after they are roasted. By using the valve-bags, the beans remain fresh for four months. Do not freeze or refrigerate the coffee and store it in an airtight container in a cool, dry area.

Gloria Jean's tea boxes have a date on the bottom of the box; it is a 4-digit number. This is the production date expressed as a Julian calendar. Take the number 3322 for example. The first number 3 in the sequence stands for the year, so it would be 2003. The next three digits are the days of the year. The 322nd day of the year is Nov 18. The shelf life is 15 months from the manufacture date.

The shelf life that we place on our K-cups is a "best by" date for 6 months. The K-cup packaging is packaged with less than 1% oxygen through our nitrogen flush process.

With proper storage and handling, chiller products will last for one month. The product does not become harmful after seven days (assuming it has not been mixed with milk). The shelf life dates on the packaging are there to ensure top quality of the product.

Although there is no expiration date associated with our syrups, we suggest using them within 60-90 days for optimal flavor. Syrups do not need to be refrigerated even after they have been opened. The best way to store syrup is to keep it in a cool, dry place. Is your coffee Kosher? Our coffee is manufactured under strict rabbinical supervision and is certified Kosher and Pareve by KSA, Kosher Supervision of America. Please visit www.ksakosher.com for more information.

DiffusiMAX kits are stable for twelve (12) months. Similarly, DiffusiMAX pre-mixed cream has a shelf life of twelve (12) months. Once compounded with drugs, DiffusiMAX prescriptions are stable for six (6) months.

The shelf-life for maple syrup is about six months in the refrigerator. The shelf-life for un-coated maple candy is about two weeks on the shelf or in the refrigerator, and for coated maple candy about six months at room temperature. (Coated maple candy should not be kept in the refrigerator.) The shelf-life for maple cream is about two weeks in the refrigerator but it can be stored frozen for a long period of time.