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> Might I ask the fumagillan/syrup mix per litre?
Since we live in "America," I measure in good old-fashioned cups, quarts,
and gallons!
In my first trial, at the rate of 1 454g bottle per 20 gal; see
http://scientificbeekeeping.com/nosema-drench-treatment-trial/
This winter I used a higher dose, akin to the 1 bottle per 7 gal rate,
drenched at 1 cup/colony. This rate gives approx 1 rounded tsp to each
colony per cup of syrup, which is the recommended amount to be dissolved in
a gallon of syrup. For weak colonies, I applied proportionally less, e.g.,
about a quarter cup for a 2-1/2-frame colony. I again repeated weekly for
4 weeks.
In the first trial, I measured spore counts of bees.
In the second trial, I only sampled nosema prevalence in dying bees in the
snow after a spring snowfall last week. In two samples of 10 bees each, 9
out of 10 dying bees were infected (generally heavily) with nosema. I did
not check prevalence in hive bees.
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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