From: "Helmut E. Garz" <hommes@olympus.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:59:40 -0700
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: chalkbrood & mites

Greg
A lot of people trying this or other stuff. Learn as much as you can from
everyone and make your decision after scrutinizing carefully all aspects.
Personally until later at this time it APPEARS I have success with FGMO.
One tries to do without ANY additives in the colony.
As far as Chalk brood is concerned, I noticed that in hives with inadequate
ventilation there is a tendency that chalkbrood is more prevalent than in
well ventilated ones. It is said that replacing the queen is one way to
achieve this. Changing weather pattern are more likely to bring about a
change( Summer = drier). I cannot see that egglaying is relevant to
chalkbrood incidents. But as anything else Stand corrected.
Helmut