> The reason for not using antibiotics in my hives is the same reason I have
> taken to raising my own meat. I don't want the damn things in my food.
 
I do recall reading some related science, but can't recall the
specifics - terramycin is relatively unstable, isn't it?  My memory
is that there did not seem to be major problems with residues in
normal use (with heat/light/moisture doing what it can to break the
TM down...)
 
 
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