for use against nosema and fermentation
Are any of you actually testing for nosema or just treating prophylactically?
prophylactic in the autumn, and if needed after testing at any other time.
I'm sure people aren't using to treat nosema. I certainly use it to stop stores going mouldy in the Autumn.
More of a VMD issue
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It is strange that all my mould preventing texts have gone?
things are very different here.
I do my best to avoid prophylaxis,
I think your advice was wrong for this country Finman. The generally accepted advice is to feed thin syrup (1:1) in the spring if they need it and thick syrup (2:1) in the Autumn. .
You're a man after my own heart Drex!
My wife did a pre-Phd course a couple of years ago and we talked a lot about the experiment design section of the work she was going to do. The essence of it was that the less you interfere (even your own observation of results is often interference), the more reliable your results were. I took that message very much to heart and, apart from sugar syrup if they need it, I don't treat my bees at all. I would have to think long and hard how to react if they ever got a serious problem. I have to record any sign of disease but, is it necessary for the colony to perish too? Perhaps this is taking things too far. One thing is for certain, I wouldn't breed from a colony which was susceptible to a condition like this.
Hey B+
What is your stance on varroa treatment?
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