When resistance AFB first hit, the commercial beekeepers were all  
reporting/talking about it.  Now, hardly any discussion - but most tell me  they do 
what Randy is doing - just get rid of the few hives that exhibit  it.
 
The Aussie barrier system seems to me to be overkill - unsustainable over  
the long run, unless they've got a huge problem within an operation to clean 
 up.
 
As per patties, resistance - I see no proof, just speculation.  I  again 
remind everyone, Bill Wilson didn't want to depend on just one antibiotic,  
EPA made that call 40 years ago.  I am still amazed that it took 40 years  for 
resistance to appear - I don't consider that fast.  It was predictable,  j
ust took a longer time than imagined to show up.
 
Jerry

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