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Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [BEE-L] [Organicbeekeepers] Re: Metarhizium anisopliae




> There is a big difference between just killing termits and sugar beet
worms,
> to the inside of a beehive with a whole system of beneficial parasitic
host
> relationships that could be killed off too, just not the bees!

 Hi Dee and All,
I'm also very much interested in the overall affect on the hive.
 Metarhizium anisopiae may be found in some beehives at this time. I do not
know if that has been studied or not.
The idea of system balance is very important to the survival and health of a
colony.That is the paradigm that has to be used in beekeeping. We need to
back out in our observations and look at the whole picture. More questions
than answers when it comes to honeybees. I'm learning all the time and that
is after 38 years of beekeeping. Very complex system.
 I hope that Metarhizium anisopliae  can work out without negative side
effects. Since it is in nature now, we may have a chance to work with
it.Don't ever look at one thing and think it is a magic bullet. Too complex
of system that is changing all the time.
I'm interested in any study that can find M A in the hives at this time and
how it is working. Not just the ones we have putting it in.
That will give you the answer.
 Best Regards
Roy Nettlebeck
Tahuya River Apiaries
Tahuya Wa.

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