>Still digging... did you already view the latest March /April article in Apidologie that demonstrates in laboratory conditions bees fed with thymol had lower spore loads and lived longer than control bees? sorry if I missed that was already posted KathyKellison *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L