From: allen <[log in to unmask]>
>Is there some material we can look over to look deeper into this conjecture? 

I don't have anything new to offer.  Last I heard, the Swedish reserchers were looking for more funding to continue the work.

There is this (somewhat obscure) comment from Report to the Officers and Board of Directors of the
Committee for the Promotion of Honey and Health
January 17, 2008:
http://www.prohoneyandhealth.com/UserFiles/Image/Symposium%20Report.pdf
"One notable comment from their presentation was in regard to the care and feeding of bees themselves. Lactobacilli, bacteria that deliver protective and beneficial benefits to both bees and humans, were not found in bee’s honey stomach during the winter months when the bees under investigation were fed sucrose, indicating that certain bee-feeding practices may have dangerous and unwanted affects on bees."

There is also:
Suppression of growth rate of colony-associated fungi by high fructose
corn syrup feeding supplement, formic acid, and oxalic acid.
http://ddr.nal.usda.gov/bitstream/10113/17780/1/IND44075806.pdf
...this discusses fungi (not bacteria), but they are both part of the same integreatd environment.  for instance, antibiotics typically increase yeast levels (the bacteria that keeps the yeast in check is affected negatively).

deknow


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