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Hello All,
After harvesting honey last Fall, and acknowledging that I had a bad case
of varroa (and associated DWV), I treated my hives with Apistan
(fluvalinate) as per the directions. Over the Winter I lost 3 of my 4
hives. Now I have quite a bit of uneaten honey in the dead hives that has
been exposed to Apistan strips (although strips were hung in brood boxes).
I don't plan on using any of this honey for human consumption. If I leave
them in the hives this Spring for the bees to use, I'm afraid that they
will redistribute it up into the honey supers. Any ideas on what can be
done with these frames of potentially contaminated honey? Does anyone
know how long fluvalinate persists in a hive? Would hanging the frames in
direct sunlight for a day or so allow for sufficient photodegradation to
make the honey safe for consumption?
Dick Cartwright
Long Island, New York
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