> I question the wisdom of using antibiotics to increase production. > ...This would not prohibit the use of antibiotics to treat specific diseases. I question the wisdom of claiming that using antibiotics would increase production in bees. Can anyone explain the specifics of how that might happen? I certainly understand how antibiotics might be used to treat specific diseases, of course. It seems obvious that healthy bees would produce more than diseased bees, but I conclude that the above is speaking of using antibiotics on healthy bees. *********************************************** 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