Rose fragrance is a very ephemeral and touchy thing. The rose has to make volatile chemicals to make that fragrance. Soil and water chemistry do make a difference in what raw materials the rose has to work with. Weather makes a big difference too. Not least, our own noses are not at all reliable, that's why we have dogs. Our perception of fragrance changes with mood, weather, age, health. That said I've never noticed that drastic a change as you're describing! I don't use Bayer so I can't say if it's a factor or not, but I would not rule it out entirely. Of course by moving the plants they're in very different soil now too, and possibly different microclimate and sun exposure, all of which will influence their fragrance. And the weather is never the same from one day to the next, let alone one season or one year. Let us know if they revert! they just might go back to their old sweet ways once they've settled into their new home.

For off season storage I take the frames out of the supers, scrape the supers clean and stack them in the shed. I put the frames in an old non working chest type freezer. Make sure the freezer has a good gasket and seal any drain or vent openings. If you think the frames may have been exposed to moths freeze them in a working freezer a couple of days before putting them in the storage freezer.

OK... a couple yrs ago I put some in my rock wall to chase away wood chucks who were destroying it, BUT I had no idea it would be so dangerous. I didn't have the internet then. thank goodness nothing bad happened. Except probably to the poor little worms and other good creatures. I've heard of cats playing with them then licking their paws and dying. some times old home remedies should be forgotten. Laura

I know this is an old post but since there is a current question about this, thought I'd share what worked for me. I had a healthcare worker that was helping with my Dad who I hired and didn't know she smoked. She was great except for that but she reeked so badly I could not even stand next to her. My DH found a larger version of an Orek air purifier we'd used before and we put it right by the chair she sat in and there was no more smoke odor!! Problem solved! (Worked even faster than the smaller one we had used before to get rid of paint VOCs) It was amazing. Room smelled of fresh outdoor air and was wonderful. Then I used the same Orek later on to clear cigarette smoke and moth ball smell from several expensive leather purses that I'd gotten a good deal on in eBay. It took about 2-3 days to get rid of both smells, and I thought I'd leave it a few more and I was pleasantly surprised to even have the smell of leather retur! Had I not known what to do, I would have had to trash them. And just recently, helped my sister with very strong VOC odor from a huge brand new cat tree that was about 6-7 feet tall. It was particle board and sisal and her cat was starting to get sick and was giving them headaches. It was in a room by itself and it had improved in a day and was totally cleared by day three or four. She was so impressed. So I've never done multiple large pieces of furniture, but it it can clean the smells from several rooms of the VOCs from new paint smells, cat trees, purses and chairs, it would probably do great with yours. I would leave it several days to a week but you should smell improvement in 1-2 days I would think. Oh, and I always put the side that pulls air in, towards the item to clean and not the side blowing out. The brand is Orek and no I don't work for them or anything. Just pleased with a product that worked on this difficult problem and sharing it. The larger one we got that worked so well for us is called Orek DualMax and it even has a small remote. If you try it, hope it works for you as well as it has for us, our family and friends.