Walter T. Weller wrote:
>
> 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.
 
The only thing that would happen to beekeepers, when Apistan is found in
honey sold to the public, is what happened to Apple growers with Alar,
another harmless pesticide.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, ME