Hello All,
Interesting discussion but not a new topic by any means on BEE-L . I look
forward to the article and BEE-L discussion.

Beeswax is a sink for every contaminate our environment has to offer
according to Jerry B. of our list.

His research and posts to BEE-L (in the  archives)  will shock you as to the
things Jerry has found in beeswax.

Often beeswax from remote apiaries in Montana.

I am not talking about legal pesticides used in beekeeping but the kinds of
things found in most municipal water systems but hardly ever talked about.

In order to obtain the kind of wax to be totally free of contaminates you
would *in my opinion*
(and I believe Jerry B.'s) need to get the bees to draw the wax right into
the container.

"To most beekeepers organic honey means honey with bee organs still in the
honey" but I will keep and open mind!

In my opinion the beekeeper has little influance over the thousands of acres
a hive of bees forage and the contaminates they bring back BUT the beekeeper
does have control over the way they process the honey after in their hands.

Putting on your label that your honey is not D.I. filtered or pressure
filtered  and saying your honey has not been heated or only heated  to a
certain temp are excellent selling points to seperate your local honey from
a  store brand.

Bob

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