Treatments Man oh man what a bunch of continuous talk about how to use drugs within the bee hive. It all makes me even more thankful for living in Hawaii with out the mites. Every other posting is about some body's different idea about how to use these DRUGS in bee hives . It really makes me wonder a lot about the integrity of honey from places with mites. Will we some day have to out law the human consumption of honey from mite infested lands . When will everyone accept that we are lucky to have treatments available and that the exact labeling procedures must be followed. I wonder if there are penalties for improper application of DRUGS to bee hives. My posting several weeks ago about what testing brought me a few responses and my belief is that there is no mandated testing required of honey. I heard about packers spot checking honey for sugar and I heard nothing about required testing. What going to happen next. Will someone have to get sick or what. Surly if the F D A got involved with controlling the quality of honey reaching the American dinner table all bee keepers will suffer.,and who knows maybe this is the way of the future given all the honeybee disease and pest invading U S bees. What drugs or back yard remedies might emerge with the recent introduction of multiple strains of viruses from wherever they are coming from. Maybe the future of U S (mainland) beekeeping will be strictly for food pollination and the honey will be used for animal feed. Anyone wanting U S produced honey without the possibility of DRUG contamination should contact a Hawaiian bee keeper. We don't use anything more then some terrimycin and that is very infrequently. Hoping it works out in a safe and best way. By the way if anyone would like to start bee keeping in Hawaii there are 800 existing working hives for sale here in Paradise . Contact me for more information if interested. Walter & Elisabeth Patton, 27-703 A Ka' ie'ie Rd., Papaikou HI.,96781 Ph./Fax. 808-964-5401 E-Mail hihoney@ilhawaii Beekeeper and Bed & Breakfast Owner in Hawaii http://www.alohamall.com/hamakua/hihoney.htm http://www.alohamall.com/hamakua/beeware.htm http://www.alohamall.com/hamakua/lamalani.htm