a Alex Jackson snip followed by > my questions and response..
There was a "master beekeeper" in PA that told me European Foulbrood was no
big deal and didn't require treatment.

>Well the large question here is... was it a master beekeeper or a 'master' beekeeper?  A bit of official paper in a frame and hung on the wall does not necessarily make you a master beekeeper.  I would also suggest that given all the master beekeeper programs in this country there is a wide latitude in the quality and requirement for these programs.

>At least here in Central Texas European Foulbrood is rarely lethal.  Treating it is optional since it always seem to clear itself up when the food resources improves.  Casually (ie I have no science to back it up) the three variables at play in the small amount of that problem I see here are 1) low quality food resources, 2) an old queen and 3) old comb.

Gene in Central Texas..

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