Peter said: Do you think there's nothing wrong with dumping a potent antifungal poison into the food supply of honey bee colonies if it doesn't do anything to control nosema? > Randy said: > "I haven't heard anyone say that fumagillin has no effect on nosema" > > The above by Peter is pretty plain English in my opinion. If you read it, I said "IF". I said IF it doesn't do anything. I didn't say it doesn't. Also, I was talking about N. ceranae, which is all we are concerned about now, since the other seems to have dropped below detection limits. Traver and Fell state > Fall fumagillin treatments and winter stimulative pollen feeding were compared. Neither treatment significantly lowered N. ceranae levels in colonies sampled 3-6 months later, nor did they significantly improve colony survival. That's plain English, too. Anyway, I am just trying to stimulate discussion and get to the facts, not make a case *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm