?> 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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