Cusick Farms  wrote:  >Maybe this is me quibbling over details, but herbal treatments are still drug treatments.  Just because they are "natural" does not mean they are
> necessarily safer (though to be fair, most herbal treatments have lower
> doses of active ingredients).  It often means they are simply less studied.<

Yes, you do seem to be quibbling. Herbal treatments use naturally occurring substances, not new manufactured chemicals. They do not have unknown side effects, as life has been exposed to them for millions of years. If you count ApiHerb as a drug, you should count in vitamins pills from the health store and also rose petals used for perfume and camomile tea. 

My question has been ignored by the list. Fumagillin has been discussed at length but the fact that in Europe there is a marketed herbal alternative that according to tests is as effective in reducing spore counts has been ignored. So again, is the US So hooked on drug treatments that it cannot consider any alternatives? 

What I am really after is more assessment of ApiHerb.  I seem to have reduced nosema but mY own 24 hives are not a large enough research base. 

Robin 


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