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Re: Fumagilin Drench
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Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 8 Apr 2010 12:48:57 -0400
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RE: cost of nosema treatment. 

Randy Oliver writes:

> The issue of treatment cost is clearly on commercial beekeepers' minds.  At today's prices, the recommended fall treatment of two gallons of Fumagilin-B syrup would cost nearly nine bucks a colony (ProSweet at 30ยข a lb, and $2.64 for the drug) not counting labor! 

That's aside from issue of feeding drugs that may not be needed (expensive at any price), the issue of feeding antibiotics to livestock (and the damage to honey's reputation), and the unknown effect of consumers ingestion traces of fumagillin. Feeding antibiotics to bees is forbidden by the European Union for these reasons.

plb

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