Yes.
I remember when they were first spraying Furadan, we used burlap, soaked it in water, and put it around the front. But what happened was that the hives overheated, so it killed the hives anyway.
The problem with this product is that it isn't a one-day shot. Once it's there, it's there for the whole season. It's going to keep affecting the bees. Our queens just don't last. Normal queens would last three to four years. If you can get six months out of a queen, you're lucky. On our first round this year, we had a 5% loss, and we thought, “Oh, this is pretty good, a 5% loss.” We got rid of most of the loss...like, we melted up the equipment that got hurt last fall.
We go back, though, and another 15% have no queens in them. They survive the winter, and the queens all of a sudden....