Kim Flottum (who prints his magazine
with soy ink on recycled paper) said:

> ...for any beekeeper wishing to produce organic honey.
> Simply put, it becomes a chicken/egg problem....to raise
> organic honey, you need organic bees that must be raised
> on organic beewax comb, and only organic bees can produce
> organic beeswax.

Reply:
Quite true for production of organic beeswax. However I do
not agree with the current guidelines for what are organic
honeybees by way of field management. Zero tolerance is
zero tolerance.

Jim Fischer wrote:
The "organic standards" are a fine idea... for plant crops.

Reply:
Actually they are needed for all good food production, but
zero tolerance is still zero tolerance and I must add here,
zero tolerance by the beekeeper is needed concerning
products of the hive. Something which is not being
currently done!

Jim Fischer then wrote:
But I don't think that any beekeeper who thinks about it
for more than a minute would agree that an "organic honey"
program is a good idea for the US honey "industry".

Reply:
Yes and No! If it does away with cheap honey it is good and
raises the standard for clean honey for health. No if it is
gimickry and watered down rules which manipulate beekeepers
with continued picking and choosing who wins and loses.

Sincerely,

Dee A. Lusby



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