Hi all Peter Borst wrote: However, you CAN keep bees without chems if you accept that you may have to restock your hives with packages every year or two. These bees may be raised with the aid of chems, but they will unlikely bring anything but a trace. So, this type of beekeeping is possible, and should be certifiable as "Organic". Reply: So you are telling beekeepers to live in a time warp loop, repeating every two to three years restocking of hives, with bees produced with chemicals and kept on large combs then. Yes, this type of system may be possible for a while. But only for a while. So what happens when the treated source then dries up? Both the supplier and buyers go under? Somehow, I think there must be something better to give to industry for long haul for organics. Sad. Sincerely, Dee A. Lusby __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com