>> >There is an article regarding Terramycin use in Extender Patties in the >American Bee Journal, Vol.134, No.4, April 1994, pp259-261. In it is listed >the following: > Thanks for the reply. However, I do not understant the heading of the first column. Can you please expand a little? >No. 6.4 oz Lbs Vegetable Lbs Powdered >Colonies treated >Packets TSP Shortening Sugar 1 lb >patty/colony >____________________________________________________________________________ >__________________ > >1 4.6 9.1 14 > >2 9.1 8.2 28 > >3 13.7 27.4 42 > >4 18.2 36.5 56 > >5 22.8 45.6 70 > > > >They also mention that the original idea of extender patties comes from work >by Dr. Bill Wilson and colleagues entitled "Antibiotic Treatments That Last >Longer," American Bee Journal, September, 1970, pp. 348-351.44 >The recipe in this article thought to be best was: 1/3 ob Crisco(R), 2/3 ob >granulated sugar, two (2) tablespoons of TSP or TM-25, yielding two patties. >Later Dr. Wilson found that a patty half as large was satisfactory and would >last six weeks. > >Hope this info is of some use. > > Eric Abell Gibbons, Alberta Canada (403) 998 3143 [log in to unmask]