Would there be any salts in the char? I know that bees are attracted to salt, and often the reason on might land on you on a hot day. I give mine a salt block. Susan

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From my experience working with bees in the tropics. They are often atracted to high salt like animal urine. Could it be they are after the mineral in the ash portion?

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List: as to bees and their diets: I expect they were attracted to lower temperature biochars and had labile sugars due to the breakdown of C5 & C6 sugars - talking calories ala nectar. With a reasonab

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Hi Trevor They are probably attracted too some of the biopolymers and polyphenolic acids on the biochar but also the biochar may have captured pollen. Regards Stephen

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Here in NZ, some of us biochar advocates are keen on getting animal feed trials going but we had not considered bees... This photo was taken in a bucket of biochar following small flame cap demo for a

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We understand that biochar meeting the European Biochar Feed standard is being fed to chickens in Europe. Feeding biochar reportedly reduces the veterinarian expenses by several thousand euros each ye

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Stephen, Many thanks for the summary and citation. We look forward to Genxing’s paper Broiler growers in the US are consumed with the feed/gain ratio and concerned that additives like biochar or miner

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Tom, No scientific data to provide, but the veterinarian we are working with in Malawi reports that cows fed biochar regularly get sick less often and yield 15 liters of milk daily, up from 8 (a funct

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Hi Tom Genxing has published the results in Chinese journal. I have the paper somewhere and will send it through. Here is a summary There is good papers from the group at central Queensland University

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We are hearing from Asia and Africa that biochars in bedding and feed improve the health of cattle, pigs, and chickens and are assumed to help reduce the incidence of disease. I haven’t seen papers or

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Hi all: I also (without success) have been trying to find a way to become biochar upon death. I think there is a chance that some ordinary crematoria might be willing to stop before the body is total

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I don't think it makes a lot of sense to char bodies and other wet stuff. I do like the idea of packing biochar in plain wood caskets for a natural burial. If it's good enough for Justus Liebig, it's

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Norm, Great comments on your experiences. If you find that address / operation in Illinois, I will make contact and possibly visit it. The stainless steel contain idea was not intended to be anerobic.

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Thanks, Norm. Very useful information. I saved the Cornell paper. Km Chaffee

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Everyone; I have always had a strong interest in doing things efficiently, environmentally sensitively and sustainably. Consequently, in passing, I have pyrolyzed the entire animal bodies up to the si

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http://www.winonapost.com/Archives/ArticleID/33371/The-Meadow This is part of a letter to the ed. the local paper didn't run, but what I'll have. For 30 yrs. I've had a big compost pile just behind th

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Geoff, I completely agree, and that is why I did not proceed further about pyrolysis of human remains. Please note that the “worm solution” is being well developed by a group in Seattle. See www.recom

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Hello Paul - I think Geoff Thomas' idea of the worm barrel would compost to bones, which would then pyrolyze nicely. Why do I ask? I guess it goes back to my experience on a Kibbutz in the Negev, work

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Worm barrel. Interesting idea. Thanks.

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It would be wonderful to have just one simple answer for everything, -Pyrolosis, but in my experience and others, Worms are the best method for breaking down dead animals and humans, - the speed an an

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