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Thu, 1 Nov 2007 23:55:18 +1000
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Tim posted

> -You must requeen often, but only 10% can be from non-organic queens 
> (never have seen that advertised anywhere, is it different over there?).

You can have queens that are "not organically raised" but the first 
extraction from the hive, after introduction, is not "organic'.  Not sure 
how it suddenly becomes "organic" after one extraction or why the queen, in 
the first place, has "contaminated" the honey so it is "not organic".

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA 

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