"One notable comment from their presentation was in regard to the care and
feeding of bees themselves. Lactobacilli, were not found in bee’s honey
stomach during the winter months when the bees under investigation were fed
sucrose, indicating that certain bee-feeding practices may have dangerous and
unwanted affects on bees."
Query: Were adjacent colonies of bees (not fed sucrose as a winter feed) also
examined for the presence of these bacteria? I saw no mention of controls in
the short comment in the presentation. Mike in LA
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