Ever since I've been in beekeeping, I've been told not to leave Apistan
strips in the hive during a honey flow, or the honey would become
contaminated with fluvalinate.
 
Well, sure it would.  That stands to reason.
 
But what nobody has ever told me is, what difference does it make?  Is
there any reliable information that fluvalinate has adverse effects on
humans, in the quantities likely to be absorbed by the honey?
 
I strongly doubt it.  If this were a real hazard, the FDA would never
have approved fluvalinate for uncontrolled use by beekeepers.  Some of us
idiots would surely "misuse" the material, and the Feds wouldn't accept
this possibility if there were any real risk.
 
Walter Weller
Post Office Box 270
Wakefield, Louisiana  70784
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