>Personally I am not smart enough or talented enough to tell folks exactly how to treat their bees. I have no clever way to divide up the population of potential beekeeper and determine who will and who will not make for a successful beekeeper. 

Nobody is. People asked me why did Pennsylvania allow antibiotics on light afb infections where NYS did not. My answer was always: because too many beekeepers haven't the judgment nor the ability to follow directions to do it correctly. The PA model called for close supervision by inspector, I believe. The NYS model was either enforced burning -- or looking the other way. IMHO, adding veterinarians into the mix has only exacerbated the situation.

Peter L Borst

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