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Re: EFB
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Trevor Weatherhead <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 15 Jun 2019 08:05:21 +1000
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>A change of environment would certainly include the plant community, but presumably much more. A change of location has long been recommended as a treatment for any number of disorders (of humans). 

EFB is said to be a stress disease.  Ease the stress and it goes away.  I can attest to this in that I used to have hives at one spot and they would get a dose of EFB as the plants there only yielded nectar and no pollen.  Shift them away to a better pollen source and the EFB symptoms disappeared.

Trevor Weatherhead
Australia

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