Waldamar wrote:

“That was my point!  Irradiated comb will give colonies a sort of a head 
start/ temporary respite by knocking off all [good and bad] organisms.”

Good organisms? Really?  I suppose it’s possible.  Any evidence that such 
things exist on old comb and equipment?  What do they do?  

Steve Noble

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