Lloyd Spear wrote:
> The article at this reference
> (http://www.scienceblog.com/community/article4456.html)was sent out by the
> Associated Press on November 24.

You could consider this study off the wall with no relation to
beekeeping, but some honeydews that are collected by bees in the north,
ferment during the winter and bees can get a dose of ethanol. So this
may be one part of honeydews bad reputation as an overwintering feed.
Not good to drop from the cluster in the middle of a Maine winter.

BTW, my tests have come back with "no evidence of disease" in regard to
the malignant melanoma after the removal of the tumor and additional
lymph nodes which came back clean. So I am in the recurrent check mode
with a series of tests in February to see if anything is lurking around.
If clear, I will go to six month checks.

Thank you for your many off-list emails, prayers and encouragement.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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