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Subject:	Re: Oxalic Acid damage
From:	randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 5 Jan 2018 07:16:28 -0800
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>
> >Some say that if we had never treated a single colony that the bees would
> have developed resistance by now. I believe that that is a guess
> unsupported by evidence.
>

There is some pretty strong evidence from South Africa.  Also from South
America up through Texas.

And Dr. Tom Seeley recently pointed out to me that when you do the math, it
appears that there are greater numbers of untreated self-perpetuating Apis
mellifera hives existing in the forests of New York State than there are
managed hives.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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