<Herbal treatments use naturally occurring substances, not new manufactured chemicals. They do not have unknown side effects, as life has been exposed to them for millions of years.> Well now I'm not quibbling anymore, your telling me that herbal treatments have no unknown side effects? If they haven't been tested the side effects are unknown, whether or not the plant is thousands or millions of years old. Just because something alive has been exposed to them doesn't mean that "life" was a honeybee. And if it's a treatment even of something like oregano that the bee might be exposed to, there are still side effects possible, and likely, due to the dosage. As I said before we definately need more testing, but saying they are safe because they are natural is a great way to wind up with a case of good old fashioned poisoning. Jeremy West Michigan *********************************************** 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