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> I don't have anything new to offer. Last I heard, the Swedish reserchers
> were looking for more funding to continue the work.
That is interesting. If their work were important, funding should be
forthcoming from interested parties. Anytime I ever asked beekeepers to
fund specific research into something that has an economic impact and
potential return as this would, I have been offered more funds than needed.
> There is this (somewhat obscure) comment from Report to the Officers and
> Board of Directors of the Committee for the Promotion of Honey and
> Health... " certain bee-feeding practices may have dangerous and unwanted
> affects on bees"
Even a fringe organisation like CPHH that uses the weasel word, "may".
> There is also: Suppression of growth rate of colony-associated fungi by
> high fructose corn syrup feeding supplement, formic acid, and oxalic
> acid...
For significance in a buffered environment like a beehive, I'd be looking
for effects which are associated with changes measured in orders of
magnitude, not the small effects reported under lab conditions.
Anyhow, thanks for keeping the subject warm. I'm a sceptic, but something
of practical significance may well come out of this -- my scepticism
notwithstanding. I love to proven wrong and that has happened several times
in the past <G>. That is how we learn, but the word is *proven* and that
seems along way off for this topic at this point.
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