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Date: | Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:42:24 -0700 |
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> I vacuumed 50 bees from every colony, pooled them and
> ground up. This was not intended to be a treatment...
Strictly speaking anything we do is a treatment.
> The ensuing crash was entirely unexpected!
Were the treatment bees from the same colonies that were treated?
The reason I ask is that I have often wondered how much crushing bees in
manipulations affects colonies. I am quite a bit more careful that way
than many commercial beekeepers and make sure that I smoke or brush the
bees out of the way when applying patties, for example.
I don't seem to see the same amount of nosema that others do, and have
wondered if that is a factor.
Gosh! I wonder if we have a bee wasting disease c/w prions, etc.?
Feeding animal byproducts to herbivores was the cause of some serious
and unexpected issues as I recall.
Bees apparently eat their own larvae, though, so what do I know?
It is assumed they digest and recycle the nutrients from the larvae to
some extent, or do they?.
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