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Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 27 May 2009 20:50:23 +0100
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Mike Rossander:

> It will be interesting to see what the research finds about the specific 
> pathways. As a practical matter, though, I could easily see something like 
> this backfiring. To > oversimplify, Resveratrol works by keeping adults 
> "younger" longer.

Would keeping bees younger simply increase the number of house bees and 
prevent them from moving on to foraging?  Interfering here seems like 
madness to me.
Best wishes

Peter Edwards
beekeepers at stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk
www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/

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