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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => REPRINT ARTICLE ARCHIVES => Topic started by: Moonshae on July 09, 2008, 01:36:27 pm

Title: Got cows? Got sterile jars?
Post by: Moonshae on July 09, 2008, 01:36:27 pm: I'm not sure if this will be a big trend, but if AFB infests young larvae, who knows?

http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20080709/824/tnl-indian-scientists-use-cow-urine-for.html
Title: Re: Got cows? Got sterile jars?
Post by: timdalyiii on July 09, 2008, 01:48:34 pm: What in the world made them think to try that?!
Title: Re: Got cows? Got sterile jars?
Post by: Keith13 on July 09, 2008, 02:32:59 pm: now if I could just get the cows to lift their legs on my hives, but then again do you really want to lift your leg around stinging insects!! yowsa :shock:

Keith
Title: Re: Got cows? Got sterile jars?
Post by: Jerrymac on July 09, 2008, 07:45:13 pm: So if things go bad..... piss on it :shock:
Title: Re: Got cows? Got sterile jars?
Post by: indypartridge on July 10, 2008, 07:14:09 am: Quote from: timdalyiii on July 09, 2008, 01:48:34 pm
What in the world made them think to try that?!
Probably the same kind of thinking that made someone try horse urine to treat menopause ("Premarin").
Title: Re: Got cows? Got sterile jars?
Post by: JP on July 10, 2008, 07:42:54 am: Probably has to be cow pee, not the bull's, cause male pee stinks, but don't ask my male rat terrier he thinks his pee smells like roses, lil Bast%@d!!!

...JP
Title: Re: Got cows? Got sterile jars?
Post by: Moonshae on July 10, 2008, 08:06:03 pm: Quote from: indypartridge on July 10, 2008, 07:14:09 am
Probably the same kind of thinking that made someone try horse urine to treat menopause ("Premarin").

Premarin isn't horse urine, they filter the hormones from the urine.
Title: Re: Got cows? Got sterile jars?
Post by: timdalyiii on July 16, 2008, 08:49:36 am: Holy cow. You'll never guess what I just saw on ebay.

"One pint of cow urine for use as an antimicrobial for beekeeping."
Title: Re: Got cows? Got sterile jars?
Post by: derrick1p1 on July 16, 2008, 11:58:04 am: ummmmm...? No, thanks. I'll take my chances and not use cow urine on my hives. Glad to know you can get it on ebay though. :-D
Title: Re: Got cows? Got sterile jars?
Post by: Bill W. on July 16, 2008, 12:40:14 pm: Huh. I wish they had indicated what they think the mechanism is and what exactly they are treating. I can't see how this would have any effect on AFB.
Title: Re: Got cows? Got sterile jars?
Post by: Jerrymac on July 16, 2008, 01:00:29 pm: http://cgi.ebay.com/Gomutra-Cow-Urine-From-India-30-ml-Bottle_W0QQitemZ320256162925QQihZ011QQcategoryZ13772QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

you are buying 1(one)
30ml bottle of Gumuka ( cow urine )
Gomutra ( Cow Urine ) serves as a purification element. It may be sprinkled around the work places, residential areas, and all over the body. It is also essential in abhiseka (bathing) of the deities and yajna (sacrifice) ceremonies.
Title: Re: Got cows? Got sterile jars?
Post by: timdalyiii on July 16, 2008, 02:00:00 pm: Maybe you're right. If I sprayed it around my cube at work, I think it would keep the pests (coworkers) away.