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  Bravo Jeremy I totally concur with your post. We have way too much fear mongering going on in this world already. I am really becoming annoyed with sloppy research by bloggers that apparently do a quick google search and go from there without any deeper digging or trying to understand the issue. Its like they have a preconceived idea that in this case its the end of the line for bees and then fill in the blank with something online that agree with that view.On Heat makes honey toxic, and other myths of the hive posted 1 week, 2 days ago 10 Responses

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  most wilderness areas are in areas that have a combination of short growing seasons or no real forage. for instance in the upper midwest like WI, MI, MN its northern boreal forest areas. few if any beekeepers operate in these regions, in fact there are no commercial beeks making a living up there since its just not conducive to honey production. out west its the mountain ranges that are wilderness and thats not where the honey production is made either. most of the good western areas are river bottoms. organic honey is a non event for the industry. the average beekeeper is 62 years old and its a tough business. we only produce about 40% domestic honey for what the country consumes. my point is if you are a beekeeper and are selling local raw honey you have no problem selling it at a premium. being certified would not be worth it since the lost production from being in marginal areas is not offset by maybe a 20% higher price. plus the cost of certification and long distance to an viable market is a further negative. also for the most part my bees do not feed on lawns (no honey in grass) corn or soybeans. the bulk of my crop in the midwest is made from basswood trees and clover. neither of these forage sources are sprayed so most beekeepers feel that the organic standard is a sham. similar to organic maple syrup. how can they not be organic? from what I see perusing the large certification house sites like QAI and Oregon Tilth there is less then a handful of certified organic honey producers in the USA. not even 2 dozen.On Heat makes honey toxic, and other myths of the hive posted 1 week, 2 days ago 10 Responses

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  so what's your point Son? if you did not notice we never had a summer. most of the nations honey crop is made in July and we had record cold in the upper midwest where the 3 o 5 top honey producing states are located. it was also a dry spring and summer too so cold and dry means no flowers Boy. generally hot and wet is the best weather for a big honey crop. from what I see and hear most beeks have more hives then before the CCD 06/07 incident.On Heat makes honey toxic, and other myths of the hive posted 1 week, 2 days ago 10 Responses

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  as a life long beekeeper raised in a 3rd generation family of beekeepers i have a few comments. Tasermoms partner is uninformed as native bees are not honey bees and therefore do not make any honey. honeybees was brought over by european immigrants. CCD happened in 2006/07 and is OVER. Repeat after me its #$%#%ing OVER. bloggers and morons keep repeating the same theme over and over even though CCD was a one time event folks. whatever believe what you want to believe. its in the same league as this AGW bull. i can;t believe how long this myth has persisted that CCD is still an active problem. call any entomologist or beekeeper - CCD is OVER and has been for 2 years or more....sheesh. I think where the idear that heat causes toxicity came from originates with HMF a chemical compound that forms when certain forms of sugar are heated. here is an excerpt "HMF (HydroxyMethylFurfuraldehyde) is used as an indicator of heat and storage changes in honey. HMF is formed by the breakdown of fructose in the presence of an acid. Heat increases the speed of this reaction. The increase in speed is exponential with increasing heat. HMF occurs naturally in most honeys and usually increases with the age and heat treatment of honey. HMF's occurrence and accumulation in honey is variable depending on honey type. While today HMF is used as an indicator of heating or storage at elevated temperatures, it was first used (as early as 1908) as an indicator of the adulteration of honey with invert syrups (syrups of glucose and fructose). Cane sugar (sucrose) is "inverted" by heating with a food acid, and this process creates HMF. However it was quickly realized that heated natural honey also had higher levels of HMF and therefore the interest switched from being an indicator of adulteration, to that of an indicator of heating and storage changes. It should be noted however that high levels of HMF (greater than 100 mg/kg) can still be an indicator of adulteration with inverted sugars. It should be noted that HMF is not a harmful substance in levels found in food. Many sugar type products (e.g. Golden Syrup, Molasses etc.) have levels of HMF that are 10-100 times that of honey. Many food items sweetened with high fructose corn syrups, e.g. carbonated soft drinks, can have levels of HMF between 100 and 1,000 mg/kg." from: http://www.airborne.co.nz/HMF.html HMF is toxic to bees. I think it was mercola or naturalnews ranger one of those wellness eco-weasels who floated a story that HMF was toxic to humans.On Heat makes honey toxic, and other myths of the hive posted 1 week, 3 days ago 10 Responses

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  This claim is so laughable. This so called expedition was an utter joke from a scientific stand point. In the year 2009 we can measure ice with satellites and did not need to make beleieve we are ice fishing. Oh and one little problem.....the expedition got rescued after the weather was so brutal they only made it half way to the pole! The article above implies they crossed the pole but actually according to the Google Earth KML file provided by Catlin, they started at 81.7N 129.7W and ended at 85.5N 125.6W for a total distance of approximately 435 kilometers over 73 days. Hardly a broad survey of the Arctic Ice when put into perspective on the Google Earth and ICEsat maps which show an increase in the last 2-3 years in Arctic Ice Depths:.On Bye-bye Arctic ice cap posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago 3 Responses