> I'm trying to tell you that there is not one European beekeeper who believes that bees are not thriving because of the absence of antibiotics.

Are you saying that European beekeepers don't use antibiotics, because that isn't true. 

Reybeck found streptomycin in honey from Germany and Spain, tetracycline in honey from Spain, Romania, and France. Spanish honey had sulfa, which isn't even allowed in the US. All three were found in Belgian honey. It must be stated, however, that streptomycin may be picked up from nectar from fruit trees, which are sprayed with antibiotics

Reybroeck, W. (2002). RESIDUES OF ANTIBIOTICS AND SULPHONAMIDES IN HONEY ON THE BELGIAN MARKET. group, 200, 50.

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