SUZ - What does your mentor base his advice on? Have you done spore counts?
Why do you want to stress your bees?
Huang et al. 2013 showed that spore counts in treated hives had higher
counts months later than did untreated.
I think others will agree that Nosema can be associated with clinical signs
but is considered a copathogen, not worth treating, especially
prophylactically.
DC
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