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Re: does glacial acetic acid fumigation destroy EFB on equipment and combs?
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:56:46 -0700
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> >Same with humans, Randy. Most bacteria inhabit the colon and ileum. Not
> much can live at a pH of 2.
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Understood Scott.  My point was that bacteria adapted to passing through
the low pH human gut would likely be more resistant to acidity than a
bacterium that colonizes the bee midgut, and may have little need to resist
strong acidity.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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