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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rod Clayton [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 9:34 AM
> To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology
> Subject: Re: [BEE-L] "Apistan" honey
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> I went to the Maryland State Beekeepers Assn meeting this
> February. Dr. Nancy Ostiguy from PSU spoke about what they
> had found regarding mite levels and virus levels in the hive.
>
> They determined that, at a critical point, killing the varroa
> did not stop the virus levels from rising. They also found
> that transferring the honey from such a hive that died from
> high virus levels would cause similarly high virus levels in
> the hive that received it. They found that the viruses
> infected all the hive products except the wax.
>
> So if you feed that honey to another hive, you may kill that hive too.
>
> Rod Clayton
> Columbia, MD
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