Ever since I've been in beekeeping, I've been told not to leave Apistan strips in the hive during a honey flow, or the honey would become contaminated with fluvalinate. Well, sure it would. That stands to reason. But what nobody has ever told me is, what difference does it make? Is there any reliable information that fluvalinate has adverse effects on humans, in the quantities likely to be absorbed by the honey? I strongly doubt it. If this were a real hazard, the FDA would never have approved fluvalinate for uncontrolled use by beekeepers. Some of us idiots would surely "misuse" the material, and the Feds wouldn't accept this possibility if there were any real risk. Walter Weller Post Office Box 270 Wakefield, Louisiana 70784 <[log in to unmask]>