I asked for an education and I got one. Thank you kindly. I guess Commercial
foundation makers don't irradiate. I think my source is reading this and
leaving me to turn slowly in the wind. Correct me again if I need it but wax
melts at 140 degrees or so. Boiling frames doesn't kill AFB. Perhaps the wax
is brought to a higher temperature and held there? I seem to remember that
it takes 50 spores (of the thousands produced by one infected cell) to
infect a bee. If you got AFB from foundation, would you know? I think Ari,
you have the proper analysis, it's there but entrapped. I suspect there a
lot of it there. It makes a good case for melting down often and renewing
frames.

 

Dee:

    Thanks for the Lavender story. I have already removed anything that
smells from the bathroom and have traded the deodorizer for one with a
neutral base. One can't be too careful. I have no boys around but one can't
be too careful. I already have a breasty tendency. Thymol kills mites and
it's in Listerine mouthwash. Out it goes. I had some tea tree oil for my
toenails. They were getting soft. Out it went. 

 

I take the point that materials derived from natural sources are chemicals
too. 

 

Dick Marron


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