From: DeeALusby1@aol.com
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 19:01:10 -0000
To: BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: extracting honey from brood chambers (USDA)

Trevor wrote:
> In a good strong colony when there is a flush of brood rearing they move
> honey up from the bottom to the upper supers to make room for the queen to
> lay. So taking brood combs out for extracting would be no greater risk than
> bees taking the honey up then it is extracted from the upper supers in the
> belief that it is not from the brood chamber.

Reply:
Excellent the above for showing that various chemicals and dopes and
rag'ems in is various chemicals and dopes and rag'ems out into the
product taken from one's managed colonies. A perfect reason for
melting down and rendering ALL combs in a hive and starting anew with
a clean sustainable system to give the bees the right to live in a
clean environment withou man dumping upon them crating problems. So
if you start with or change over to a clean system with new combs,
why add essential oils, drugs, chemicals, acids to dirty things
again. Without the additives, Trevor, no matter where the honey is
placed it can be extracted, and IMPOV the bees do discriminate in
what they gather to feed themselves when given a chance. I'd sooner
take my odds with them gathering then purchasing from known dumping
grounds from managed beehives. But then I like CLEAN honey and hive
products. But what is CLEAN? Looks for pretty or products that don't
kill the human liver?

Regards,

Dee A. Lusby