If you want to home brew antibiotics I am not going to help with advise as it is illegal unless directed by a vet.
But, I have a nuc or two every year with EFB. If I treat that nuc three times with terra made before a VFD was required following the label directions I see a cure every time. I also have never had a relapse. I do not see any evidence it is transmitted via contaminated combs that have over wintered. EFB is not a spore forming bacteria so there is no reason to think it would be viable for a long period in empty comb or on the hive wall surface.
Dick
HL Mencken said: "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed — and hence clamorous to be led to safety — by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. "
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On Thu, 2/28/19, Seth Charbonneau <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Oxytetracycline mini nuc dose?
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, February 28, 2019, 12:52 AM
Thanks for your response Randy. 2017 I saw it
in 2 nucs, gave them the match, 2018 it was in a lot of
hives. I am worried about the transfer of sub clinical
bees to a mating nuc infecting a clean queen
Hey everyone else, a little help
please? Lot of crickets here, please chime in
I did get a little ribbing at tonight
at a local bee meeting for posting this thread ;) , ya
that whole not hiding behind a screen name thing…
But let’s be real here .These same
people, or people they know are going to want to know what I
have done to insure I am not giving them a EFB+ queen.
I stuck it out… don’t want to get
it cut off..
My take is EFB may not be a big thing
for the sideliner/commercial, but to the receiving
hobbyist with a single hive or two, without “friends
in low places” that Vet bill for a VFD to buy + cost of
antibiotics over the counter is going to cost more than the
value of the colony, and that’s if they even recognize the
problem.
So I wish to take steps to insure I am
doing the right thing.
How do I do that?
Shooting spit balls from the hip
40,000 bees a hive, a 200MG dose
is 1mg per 200 bees
600 bees to a cup to stock s mini
great I need 3mg,
So 6 tablespoons of powdered sugar
OTC “mix “ in a L of syrup should ballpark a 5cc
per nuc dose.
no brood, no comb, does it need 3
rounds?
Am I any were close?
I find it hard to believe there not a
prophylactic mating nuc dose, or do people pre dose before
making nucs?
feel free to Email me if this isn’t
something to put out on the web
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