> Bees can separate solid particles from dissolved sugar with the proventriculus. If they have enough water to dissolve the sugar. That is absolutelly correct ! (I do not want to use the word right, I tend to confuse it with write ;). Now the questions that Peter Lyon Detchon placed in me mind in his recent visit to Chile are: Would the Nosema or AFB spores be small enough for the "best" proventriculus to not let them pass to the ventriculus, thus keeping them in the honey crop? Is pollen size "much" bigger than the nosema/AFB spores? Would the "honey stopper" help in the prevention of nosemosis and AFB? -- Juanse Barros J. APIZUR S.A. Carrera 695 Gorbea - CHILE +56-45-271693 08-3613310 http://apiaraucania.blogspot.com/ [log in to unmask] *********************************************** 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 Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L