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Subject:	Re: decreased vitality in our bees
From:	Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:22:43 -0400
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Seems like we went over this before. Fast and loose is a very old expression, frequently misused. They used fast in the sense of "fastened", not "rapid". It used to mean deceit, not carelessness. 

> Fast-and-loose, a cheating game played with a stick and a belt or string, so arranged that a spectator would think he could make the latter fast by placing a stick through its intricate folds, whereas the operator could detach it at once. Hence, shiftiness, inconstancy.   -- OED Online

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