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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 8454" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>I feel that sometime fairly soon the burning of plastic components from beehives is going to be challenged in a court of law probably by some poor beekeeper being used as a test case. Beekeepers need to be proactive and sort this problem out before someone sorts it out for them.</p><p>I still have some plastic frames but haven't brought any for years and all my new gear is wood and wax but I still use plastic top and internal feeders along with plastic excluders. A total ban of plastics in beehives would be inconvenient for me but I could live with it.</p><p>Going to plastic frames was one of the biggest mistakes New Zealand beekeeping industry has ever made. Short-term gain for long-term environmental pain and it does nothing for our clean green image but plastic frames are now a fact of life and we are going to have to work out how to deal with the things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 8454, member: 207"] I feel that sometime fairly soon the burning of plastic components from beehives is going to be challenged in a court of law probably by some poor beekeeper being used as a test case. Beekeepers need to be proactive and sort this problem out before someone sorts it out for them. I still have some plastic frames but haven't brought any for years and all my new gear is wood and wax but I still use plastic top and internal feeders along with plastic excluders. A total ban of plastics in beehives would be inconvenient for me but I could live with it. Going to plastic frames was one of the biggest mistakes New Zealand beekeeping industry has ever made. Short-term gain for long-term environmental pain and it does nothing for our clean green image but plastic frames are now a fact of life and we are going to have to work out how to deal with the things. [/QUOTE]
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