At 21:26 19/03/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>I have one unit of 300 colonies being converted to organic for a very
>special client. We will try to use Apiguard as ONE of the front line
>treatments in this unit, as it IS permissable. If the list wants I will
>keep them informed of the progress on that front. The colonies are on a
>55000 acre organically certified estate. Honey price very high indeed,
>delivery in barrels, so worth trying to comply.
>--
>Murray McGregor
I find it hard to understand how industrially produced thymol (chemically,
for example, 5-Methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)phenol - C10H14O) can be used to
treat bees producing Organic honey.
Mike Rowbottom
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
UK