One solution is not to use any of these chemicals on the bees. Some bee
managers--as in the permaculture approach to sudden oak death and human
preventive medicine--advocate bucking up the health and immune system of the
bees, in lieu of attempting to kill the virus. This approach seems the best
to me.

Cheers!

Mary Bull, Co-director
Greenwood Earth Alliance, Save the Redwoods - Boycott the Gap Campaign
252 Frederick, San Francisco, CA 94117 http://www.gapsucks.org
Chalice Farm and Sustainable Living Center, 748 Montgomery Rd, Sebastopol CA
95472
415-731-7924 - 415-509-1188 [log in to unmask]


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Spear" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 7:38 AM
Subject: [BEE-L] Chemicals and Bee Operations


> I don't want to make a big deal out of this, but I am concerned about the
> use of chemicals in our bee hives, 'advice' given here and the possibility
> that it will be accepted as gospel, and on a very wide scale our society's
> increasing tendency to make all of us a part of a 'nanny state'....

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