From: "deelusbybeekeeper" <deelusbybeekeeper@excelonline.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 07:53:11 -0800
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: THE ORGANIC BEEKEEPER

Joel wrote:
> As long as it is not
> synthetic, or a naturally appearing substance which will have no deleterious
> effect on the produce of the hive, I'm happy with letting us each do our own
> "thing".

Reply:
No way!!

If the substance is not brought in and stored and used naturally without ill
effects to the bees and others higher up in the food chain, then beekeepers
cannot put it in either. Substances put in at unnatural levels that cause
harm are definitely out unless used in same proportions exactly as the bees,
because there in an internal balance of parasitic host relationship that
cannot be broken relative to bacteria, fungi, viruses, scavengers, friendly
parasitic mites, ants, spiders, snakes, etc. and just who are we to meddle
because we THINK we know better!

Dee