Robert wrote:
I wasn't vehement; nor do I see anything immoderate in what I wrote.

I agree. Somebody overreacted. On the subject, though, I worked in a beeswax factory for many years and I do not believe that AFB spores could survive the high temperatures and filtration that raw beeswax is subjected to prior to the manufacture of foundation.

However, banning the importation of bee equipment is prudent and probably did good than harm -- to encourage self-sufficency in the local industry.

Peter Borst
Ithaca, NY USA