>He uses fume boards, I use bee escapes.  We both follow the rules, but my
>honey has no residuals of fume board chemicals.  Is my honey not
>better (every thing else being equal)?  

Fume boards, when used properly, do no harm. If you look into it, you will
find that butyric acid occurs naturally in honey, as well as numerous other
acids including formic and oxalic. That's why these particular chemicals
were selected: because they are already in honey.

" The primary acid in honey is gluconic acid, and acids account for 0.57% of
honey. Other acids include citric, malic, succinic, formic, acetic, butyric,
lactic, pyroglutanic, and various amino acids. Acid content and variety in
honey is very important to its flavor profile. "

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