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On 7/8/2020 9:57 AM, graham wrote:
> On 2020-07-07 10:42 p.m., Snag wrote:
>> On 7/7/2020 10:05 PM, wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 10:00:46 PM UTC-5, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Psst!Â* Buttered hot biscuits.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> AndÂ* corn bread. Just as good as a piece of cake.
>>>>
>>> I've never eaten honey on cornbread but have molasses several times.
>>>
>>
>> Â*Â* You've missed a treat ... first you slather it with butter , then
>> you pour on the honey - if it doesn't dribble on your chin (or beard
>> ...) you didn't put enough on . We've got 2 kinds of honey , fall and
>> spring/early summer . The fall has a more pronounced flavor and is
>> darker . The stuff I extracted today has a very light delicate flavor
>> and is very pale in color . I have no idea what they forage on , but
>> there's only woods and grass hay fields and clearings full of
>> wildflowers in the direction they go . There is zero mono-crop farming
>> here and this is as organic as it gets but I can't label it as such .
>
> Can you get away without feeding them drugs to keep AFB at bay?

Are you referring to foul brood ? I've never had that in my hives nor
have I heard of anyone in our area that has . AFAIK if your hives get
infected you kill the bees and burn the equipment .
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Snag
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