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?> Are beekeepers that are using thymol concerned about the anti-fungal
properties? Are beekeepers that are using thymol concerned about the exposure
of their bees to agricultural fungicides?
Of course we are concerned about many things, and this is one, but most of us
know that words like "fungicide" are just words.
Such words are used to classify diverse substances which may have only one
property in common, an inhibiting or lethal effect on some specific fungus or
group of funguses.
We don't generalise and assume all compounds sharing the designation,
"fungicide", are similar in other regards. We consider the various properties
suspected and proven, and make decisions based on the totality of that
information.
As for fungicides generally, my understanding is that investigations have shown
that many of them have limited, if any, noticeable effect on honey bees, but
that any effects observed may be dependant on the formulation -- and actually
my be due to the surfactants and other supposedly "inert" ingredients which are
in some products sold.
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