Peter said:
 Do you think there's nothing wrong with dumping a potent antifungal
poison into the food supply of honey bee colonies if it doesn't do 
anything to control nosema?
 
> Randy said:
> "I haven't heard anyone say that fumagillin has no effect on nosema"
> 
> The above by Peter is pretty plain English in my opinion.
 
If you read it, I said "IF". I said IF it doesn't do anything. I didn't say it doesn't. Also, I was talking about N. ceranae, which is all we are concerned about now, since the other seems to have dropped below detection limits. Traver and Fell state

> Fall fumagillin treatments and winter stimulative pollen feeding were compared. Neither treatment significantly lowered N. ceranae levels in colonies sampled 3-6 months later, nor did they significantly improve colony survival.

That's plain English, too. Anyway, I am just trying to stimulate discussion and get to the facts, not make a case

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