At 12:53 PM 2/27/98 -0500, you wrote: > I have recently received some information on a soil, livestock and poultry >farming, composting and agricultural process developed in Japan by Dr. >Teruo Higa at the University of Ryukus, in Okinawa, Japan. It is being >studied by the USDA and the Rhodale Institute in the USA. It is called EM, >for effective microoganisms. > > >Peace and Good Health, (;->) >Curtis Seyfried [log in to unmask] CS Enterprises POB. 110675 > Brooklyn, NY. 11211 (718) 599-2458 >======================== My question is: Since honey bees are insects and go through a larvea stage and need similar hormones to paracitic inscets/aracnids for maturing, will this stuff kill my bees by inhibiting the growth process? Richard Barnes