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Re: [ocba] A Modest Proposal - could we clarify this please?
- From: fee AT sprintmail.com
- To: Leslie DiLorenzo <time_wise AT hotmail.com>, nsadler AT mindspring.com, klparmley AT gmail.com, marty AT justbeenc.com, lewis AT hivebody.com
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- Subject: Re: [ocba] A Modest Proposal - could we clarify this please?
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:27:23 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Could we please stop using the term chemical free.
Water is a chemical. Bees are made up of chemicals. You really need to specify what you mean. Do you mean only natural products? There are natural products that are really nasty. Botulism toxin is among the most toxic substances known. I had friends who would put tobacco leaves in their smoker to kill mites - totally natural. But they wouldn’t use Apiguard because it was man-made. Except Apiguard is thymol, one of the oils found in the herb thyme. I’ll guarantee you that toxicity of all the crud in tobacco leaves far exceeds the that of thymol.
Clarifying what you mean might head off any misunderstandings too. If there are practices that are natural, but you don’t find kind to your bees, setting down guidelines might let everyone know exactly what is expected in the “kind to your bees beeyard”.
Lanette Fee
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From: Leslie DiLorenzo
Sent: Feb 26, 2012 8:53 AM
To: nsadler AT mindspring.com, klparmley AT gmail.com, marty AT justbeenc.com, lewis AT hivebody.com
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Subject: Re: [ocba] A Modest Proposal
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Re: [ocba] A Modest Proposal - could we clarify this please?,
fee, 02/26/2012
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Re: [ocba] A Modest Proposal - could we clarify this please?,
Kitty Cunningham, 02/26/2012
- Re: [ocba] A Modest Proposal - could we clarify this please?, Randall Austin, 02/26/2012
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Re: [ocba] A Modest Proposal - could we clarify this please?,
Marty Hanks, 02/26/2012
- Re: [ocba] A Modest Proposal - could we clarify this please?, Marty Hanks, 02/26/2012
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Re: [ocba] A Modest Proposal - could we clarify this please?,
Kitty Cunningham, 02/26/2012
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