Hi Guys,

It's a wise precaution to know what is going into our hives. But the
environment is much more contaiminated that most think. Out west,
everything is concentrated around water resources. And so were the
smelters, industry, agriculture and the pollution they produce. A few
notable exeptions exist concerning our countries nuclear production and
testing. Not much is said about the contaimination resulting from hundreds
of nuclear tests. But it's certainly measureable and has been distributed
over a very wide area.

I was involved, for over a decade, in cleaning up these kind of sites. And
many of the contaiminates, including the heavy ones, are concentrated by
plants. And a few studies have show that they are also concentrated in
beehives. Some have suggested that hives be used to qualitatively monitor
environmental change.

Sometimes I think it's easy to focus on only the parameters we control by
what we put into our hives. But it would be interesting to see what the
big picture is really like. Then, effective management practices could be
used, if necessary, to reduce the contaiminates inside the hive.

Regards
Dennis
Having wondered how healthy propolis is when harvested from supers and
lids painted 40 years ago with "white" paint.

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