dan hendricks wrote:

> So since beeswax has such a
> strong affinity for PDB, fluvalinate, etc., why should we expect it
> later to transfer those substances to honey?

I can sight one reference I know of.

American Bee Journal, August, 1999
by JEAN-DANIEL CHARRIERE and ANTON IMDORF

"PDCB is a highly volatile and lipophilic (easily soluble in fat and wax)
substance. Beeswax can take up this material and a part of it may later
migrate into honey. Honey analyses from Germany and Austria show that PDCB
residues in honey are not rare. This applies to native as well as imported
honeys."

Regards,
Barry