Robert Brenchley wrote:
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>     What sort of bleach? Peroxide I could understand, but chlorine bleach??

In rural areas of the US, chlorine bleach is routinely used to disinfect
well water used for human consumption. If the concentrations are low,
there should be no problem.

To put it in perspective, if you use city water, you have chlorine as a
normal ingredient, and you use it to feed your bees.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Me