Randy wrote:
>I'm not looking for some sort of universal cure all.  Just interested in to
>what degree colony productivity is correlated with specific combinations of
>gut flora.

Thanks for the clarifications, Randy.  Would have responded sooner, but catching up after another week of travel.

Having made  my own yogurt and observed its probiotic GI benefits firsthand (data point of one, real value or placebo?  Hey, if it works, who cares?), I hope your study shows positive results and believe this is one 'treatment' that can really be shown statistically to have utility.  But, for the final product, we're not going to have to put little tubes down the throats of every bee to deliver a dose, right? I have enough trouble using my bovine-sized dosing gun to deliver formic acid treatments.

Bill

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