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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Nov 15 2012 : 06:47:46 AM
I had a talk with a holistic specialist, and she said that local bee hives contain arsenic in their beeswax (and not to buy it for anything including candles).
Is this true? I could not find anything on-line. She said it's something to do with where the bee gets it's pollen.
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| rough start farmgirl |
Posted - Nov 20 2012 : 2:48:07 PM
Kristina, I have heard of arsenic-coated corn as bait to kill rodents. But, I don't know why arsenic would be used on a crop...just my deductions, not hard knowledge.
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Nov 19 2012 : 06:33:25 AM
We are corn crop crazy here, so I'm guessing it was a local bee hive owner that told her. With all the horrible stuff sprayed on corn, I am wondering.
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| Woodswoman |
Posted - Nov 16 2012 : 09:39:56 AM
I don't know about arsenic would - but, there have been studies done on pesticides in beeswax. Because our environment is so permeated with different "cides", it can be transferred into the wax.
I don't really see this as as a reason to stop using beeswax or honey. It is only mirroring the background levels already in the local environment. Which in and of itself is a scary thing...
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| pinokeeo |
Posted - Nov 15 2012 : 10:06:01 AM
I don't know about arsenic, but whatever bees gather as pollen gets in the beeswax. It also gets in the honey and is transferred to anyplace else that the bees touch. If they get in a field where there are poisons, and then get into an organic field, whatever was in the first field can be in the second. At this point if you've eaten the honey and it hasn't killed you, you can assume that it won't kill you to make candles from the beeswax.
This is also what causes the hive collapse disorder in bees.
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