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Subject:	Re: Can routine oxalic acid treatment be equated to not treating?
From:	randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:32:09 -0700
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>
> >I have asked many times if anyone thinks that my Tylosin treatment helped
> the mites as much or mo0re than the bees.  Has anyone ever considered the
> possibility?


Yes, have considered.  Is complex.

The pro side of antibiotic treatment is that it suppresses the immune stress
to the bees from bacterial infection of the mite feeding wounds.

The potential down side is that it may negatively affect the beneficial
bacteria in bee bread and in the bee gut.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
ScientificBeekeeping.com

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