The bulk of the "apitherapy blog" blog-spam blindly posted to Bee-L in a transparent attempt to manufacture "links" back to that blog is harmless enough, but ethical beekeepers should stay far away from "ear candles": http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_098.html http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/candling.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_candling http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8849790?dopt=Abstract They do nothing, and while they might somehow be "relaxing" to those who can overcome the prudent alarm one tends to feel whenever there is an open flame near one's hair or face, it is all fun and games until someone burns an eardrum. That's why the FDA seizes and destroys ear candles whenever they run across them: http://www.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia7701.html **************************************************** * General Information About BEE-L is available at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/default.htm * ****************************************************
