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Date: | Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:21:03 -0500 |
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Michael Palmer wrote:
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> Maybe this is so...in California. But, I have never fed Fumidil in
> Vermont. Instead, if a colony is all poopy in the spring, it is
> requeened with a queen raised from a colony that wintered well, with
> no signs of Dysentery. I now see very little dysentery, and my
> colonies are "fat" with no Fumidil crutch.
Second that. I still have some in the freezer from when I first started
keeping bees. I found that my bees dysentery problems were not from
nosema but local fall honey. Top bars were black with it in some colonies.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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