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Tim Arheit <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 6 Jun 2012 20:00:27 -0400
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On 6/6/2012 1:16 PM, allen wrote:
> I have to wonder where that 80,000 number came from and why it is 
> considered conservative and not subject to widespread challenge -- 
> even from newbees,

It's conservative because you are dividing to calculate the average 
dose.   Assuming a lower dose is more conservative,  X/80,000 yields a 
smaller number than X/35,000.
At least that's what I think he was getting at.

-Tim

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