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"Michael L. Wallace" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 11 Jul 1996 18:28:17 -0500
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At 09:23  7/11/96 -0400, you wrote:
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>Poster:       "Garey B. Spradley" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      herbs & mites
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>I have heard of feverfew being planted near a hive entrance - the bees land
>on the plant and the varroa mites are repelled by the pyrethrum in the
>feverfew.  Anyone have experience with herbs & bees?
>
 
Can't answer on this topic, BUT...
 
>Also - what kind of foundation/frame would y'all recommend - plastic or wood?
>
 
There are folks, on this list, that will whole-heartedly disagree with me.
However, you couldn't pay me to have plastic frames or foundation.  Why?
Because I have seen plastic frames so warped, from the heat, that you
couldn't get them in the hive.  I, also, have seen plastic based foundation
that, once the wax was eaten off, by the bees, they wouldn't build on it
again or they would build comb crossways, between frames.  The bees don't
seem to like it, so I don't use it (of course, this is MHO).
>Judy
>
Mike Wallace
Sar Shalom Apiary
McKinney, Texas   USA
"Out of the heart, the mouth speaks."

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