BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Grease Patties
From:
Allen Dick <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
[log in to unmask]
Date:
Wed, 29 Jan 1997 10:06:26 -0700
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (21 lines) 
I went to buy some vegetable shortening yesterday to make up some
grease patties.
 
In the process, I read the list of ingredients.  One brand (Sunspun)
had -- in addition to Hydrogenated vegetable oil --
dimethylpolysiloxane, and another (National Bicot) had sorbitan
tristearate. They did not have Crisco at the outlets I visited.
 
I assume these minor constituents are preservatives and are consided
harmeless to people (and Andy's cat).  But what about mites and bees?
Maybe these are the active ingredients in the mite suppression??
 
Regards
 
Allen
 
W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper                                         VE6CFK
RR#1, Swalwell, Alberta  Canada T0M 1Y0
Internet:[log in to unmask] & [log in to unmask]
Honey. Bees, & Art <http://www.internode.net/~allend/>

ATOM RSS1 RSS2