Yes Mark, a Catch-22.  Heretofore prophylactic use of antibiotics has been
legal.  And some beekeepers may have used antibiotics to treat active
outbreaks of AFB, an illegal act.  Legal or not, what changes is the easy
access to the antibiotics.  I wonder in black market antibiotics will start
showing up.  I get your point that a beekeeper might burn the infected hive
and get a VFD to treat other hives not showing signs of active AFB in the
same yard.

And yes, I caught the assertion of the NYS Apiculturist that the drop in
AFB coincided with the availability of Tylosin.  The assertion was that
tylosin "broke the back of (oxytet) resistant AFB".

Aaron Morris - thinking the solution may be worse than the problem.
ly been able to use antibiotics

On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Mark Berninghausen <
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> Catch 22? Drugs, like TM or Tylan, are not to be used to cure active cases
> of AFB, so how can one even qualify for a prescription to begin with if you
> have to have a hive showing the effects of the AFB disease. Unless the
> prescription is issued, after identification of the presence of the
> disease, as a preventative use application to hives in the apiary.
>
> On a side note of sorts, Aaron, did you notice how Paul Cappy gave credit
> to the use of Tylan as reason why disease levels in Commercial outfits
> inspected by Apiary Inspectors went down? I wondered if he had asked those
> Commercial Beekeeper who had previously had cases of AFB whether they used
> Tylan or not. He never asked me. Just find some cause and effect statements
> suspicious.
>
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