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-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Dick [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 11:15 AM
To: Jerry J Bromenshenk; BEE-L
Subject: RE: Bee-L


> Microbial studies going well.  Electrostatics very important to uptake and
> carrying of bacteria, fungi, pollen, etc.
> Jerry J. Bromenshenk, Ph.D....

Jerry wrote me this in a private communication some time back, then talked about
this publicly a bit at Sandy Yego.  If I understood him correctly, he said that
only a small gradient -- in the order of a few volts -- was necessary to get
things to stick to bees.

I was cleaning out my folders and re-read this, and it hit me:  Could this
effect be used to enhance pollination effectiveness of honeybees?  The apparatus
might be *very* simple and cost only a few dollars to add to an entire yard of
hives!

Maybe Jerry and others will elaborate on what apparatus is necessary to charge
up the exiting bees, and impressions of the feasibility of this idea...

allen