>>Did you ever stop to think the small brood patches with
fresh eggs/larvae you saw were not canabalized, but bees
cleaning up dead young larvae from your treatment...
This clearly was not the case. I had seen 3-4 cycles of honeybee
canabalism (consistant with the atypical changes in outside
temperature this winter) from mid-November to mid-January. My
treatment took place in mid-January. I use 3.5% OA solution once a
year.
>>...what effect does it have on any nurse bees?...
This would be a good research project. Summer nurse bees are
somewhat different in age than winter nurse bees.
>>...Effect the gut maybe for digestion problems also?
If the 3.5% OA solution gives honey bees a case of indigestion, it
seems to be temporary and not lethal. I am not suggesting OA is a
honey-sweetened herbal tea... It is a much lesser evil vis-a-vis
blood sucking mites and mite-vectored viruses.
Waldemar
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