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> I don't know anything ("Aim frrom Bar-thse-lona") about it, but I imagine you actually could smoke them out. I saw a TV-program about indians (you know, people from India) who earned a liing by climbing into trees to collect honey. They lit a branch and smoked the bees out, although I'm not sure it was 100% effective.

I think the smoke serves to make the bees lethargic, and less likely to sting you. If it drives them out, it's only temporarily at best. At any rate, it does allow you to collect the honey without killing the bees; that way they can go on making more for you.

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