On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 22:20:49 EDT, [log in to unmask] wrote: >I should note, very few of the 400 chemicals were pesticides - they include everything from natural hive products to industrial pollutants. Yes, but once again, the chemical that floats to the top of the list is a beekeeper introduced substance, paradichlorobenzene: suspected carcinogen, insecticide, quite lethal to bees, long-term impact unknown Anyway, time to move on I guess. I'll just put in a plug for EAS. Their theme is "TOWARD NON-CHEMICAL BEEKEEPING". Pete *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html