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Dick Marron wrote:
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> On Semantics:
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> Most of us that try to protect our hives without the harder pesticides refer
> to Fluvalinate, Cumophos and Amitraz as "chemicals". Terramyacin as well.
> You knew that Bill.
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I have no issue with those who do not use things like cumophos, since I
do not and will not. My guess that most of the current problems stem
from that one chemical with prolonged use and not changing foundation.
Unfortunately, the problem is not just semantics but the use of
inflammatory words to separate one practice from another. A pesticide
kills pests. When I go into my mostly organic seed sellers catalog the
pesticide section is called "plant protection and pest control", but the
items are chemicals that kill pests. It is obvious why the word
pesticides is not used even though that is exactly what they are. I have
noted here before that many organic pesticides are "harder" pesticides
than some "chemical" pesticides.
FGMO is not something found in honey, but the harsh chemicals, oxalic
and formic acid, are. So which is "natural" or organic? The substance
not found in the hive or the ones that are?
My first issue here is the use of one "mild" pesticide in a hive and
calling that "organic" or "chemical free" when it is not, especially if
it does change the "chemical composition" of the wax and honey. At least
I can label my honey "fat free".
The second is that small cell is implied to be the reason for success
while FGMO is applied to control mites. It is a given that FGMO with
screened bottoms is a way to control mites, depending on the location
and the number of applications. It knocks them down. It does not kill
them. There are many other treatments that do the same thing including
wintergreen oil and tobacco or sumac smoke. It cannot be said here that
cell size is the reason for the control of mites. It is the pesticide,
in this case, FGMO.
Actually, the problem here is not semantics, but truth.
Bill Truesdell (who is fully organic from head to toe, except for salts
and the like which are inorganic, but that is just semantics.)
Bath, Maine
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