Hi all,

Must get this of my chest:
You guys all talk about Apistan and other 'nice' treatments with chemicals
as active ingredients as if it is perfectly okay and THE thing to do, but I
don't see it that way and would never ever allow it in one of my hives!
I get the impression that in the USA in particular people readily use just
anything that has been marketed.
But think of all the junk residues in your wax, honey and whatever other
byproducts you might use from the hives.
It is your own choice if you consume your hive products willingly, while
knowing that it may contain chemical residues from your treatments, but
if brought on the market and dished up for unknowing customers then
you are handling in a careless and inresponsible way, mildly put!
The same counts for the wax that you might be handing in for melting,
have you ever considered who it is that will finish up with your polluted
wax?
A lot of negative reports about Chinese honey have come to our ears just
lately, but isn't it high time to take a serious peep into own court to see
what we are doing wrong ourselves in our beekeeping?
It would better to have a look at the chemical free alternatives that are
offered nowadays and apply them in stead!

Ron van Mierlo
Sweden

> Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Apistan after 4 years

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