A question was recently bounced about on the internet -- "Is plywood safe
for bee hive construction?"
 
   A Jan/Feb 1995 article in ARAMCO WORLD treats beekeeping in Yemen.  One
picture caption reads:  "Beekeepers build plywood hives or visit a
craftsman who makes them of terracotta."
 
   One can also read:  "Combined with the dry climate and short flowering
season of local plants, their efforts have helped to produce the most
expensive and ought-after honey in the world....a two-pound tin of the very
best honey in the comb can command a price of $100 or more."
 
   Does the plywood hurt?  Consider the following in the same article:
"The honey is thought to be the perfect medicine to help women regain their
strength after childbirth.  Elderly men maintain that a dily spoonful keeps
them young, while young men believe that regular doses will help produce a
male heir."
 
                                                Adrian
 
 
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