"One notable comment from their presentation was in regard to the care  and 
feeding of bees themselves. Lactobacilli,  were not  found in bee’s honey 
stomach during the winter months when the bees  under investigation were fed 
sucrose, indicating that certain  bee-feeding practices may have dangerous and 
unwanted affects on bees."

Query:  Were adjacent colonies of bees (not fed sucrose as a winter feed) also 
examined for the presence of these bacteria?  I saw no mention of controls in 
the short comment in the presentation.    Mike in LA


      

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