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 BL> From:         Teresa Garcma <[log in to unmask]>
 BL> Subject:      irradiation of hives
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 BL> Robert,
 
 BL> Could you please explain a little bit more about this
 BL> irradiation technique? With what do you irradiate? Is it not
 BL> dangerous for the person who does it? Is it done "All over"
 BL> Australia"? and please, just out of curiosity, what part of
 BL> Australia are you from?
 
 Hallo,
just to say irradiation with Cobalt 60 was available in Britain for beehives
and was said to be 100% effective. Beekeepers here were rather too tight
fisted to pay the relatively high price asked by the Irradiators. The
irradiators
found better pickings at the supermarket suppliers by irradiating fresh
vegetables
instead. This was ten or fifteen years ago, we never hear of it now or see any
advertising. I guess it still is available but irradiation is a touchy subject.
Not good
for the supermarket image.
from the Garden of England
peter hutton
 
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 * Origin: Kent Beekeeper Beenet Point (240:244/116)