-- randy oliver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Could anyone please post data to support this claim?

>>>to be semantically picky, this was a question, not a claim.  that said, this is not what our paper said, or was meant to imply.

>>>we were using formic acid, refined sugar and bread yeast as an illustration of what effect something that is seen as a "soft treatment" can do to microorganisms.

>>>our thesis is that since the introduction of varroa, the number of substances that beekeepers are willing to put in the hives has increased dramatically...which coincides with the decline in number of bees and beekeepers in this country.  given the importance of microorganisms in the hive, we are questioning if this increase in "treatments" has affected the microorganisms in the hive, and what the effect on the bees might be.

>>>deknow

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