Robert Mann states (asks?)

>  I'm not sure what can be done about the wild biochemistry that
>meanders around the beekeeping scene.

I believe Bob Harrison was asking for a learned opinion, which you supplied
thanks. I often search for current learned opinions on a lot of beekeeping
lore. If those of you with the specialised learning keep answering, then the
doubtful science will be diluted...Perhaps even dissolved.

John Sewell