Submit your definitions for "Treatment"

**StevenG** · 03-29-2011, 10:01 AM

? perhaps we confuse mite management/treatments with other forms of treatments, and lump them all together, when in actuality we mean one or the other?
Regards,
Steven

**jbeshearse** · 03-29-2011, 10:20 AM

Treatment Free Beekeeping: Management of bee colonies in removable frame equipment in such a manner as to not purposefully allow introduction of any substance into the bee colony other than what bees are able to gather or produce from naturally occurring sources.

**jbeshearse** · 03-29-2011, 10:32 AM

I agree with BareHoney's definition for treatment free:

Originally Posted by BareHoney

Treatment free beekeeping is: The management practice of allowing bees to combat disease or disorder without beekeeper intervention.

My previous stated definition is more of a "chemical free beekeeping" definition.

Originally Posted by jbeshearse

Treatment Free Beekeeping: Management of bee colonies in removable frame equipment in such a manner as to not purposefully allow introduction of any substance into the bee colony other than what bees are able to gather or produce from naturally occurring sources.

**Solomon Parker** · 03-29-2011, 01:28 PM

Steven, we mean all forms of treatments. This includes all miticides, fungicides, antibiotics, and anti-virals if they are ever introduced. Treatment free is treatment free. The definition thread is to draft a definition of what treatment free is. It's not just about mites.

**Solomon Parker** · 03-31-2011, 12:27 PM

Last day to submit definitions. This thread closes at the end of today at which point I will agglomerate the whole thing into a poll which will appear here in a day or two.

**DocBB** · 03-31-2011, 08:33 PM

My opinion , you have three kind of treatment
- "physic" : manipulations, hardware, powder sugar etc.
- "antibiotic ": complex mollecules aromatic subject to the spreeding of resistance, specially if left a long time in the hive.
- "antiseptic" : simpler chemicals wich are not prone to resistance, potentially toxic for bees but more for parasits with highly dose dependent effect (ie.:formic or oxalic acids): short or "instant" treatment

I' am not sure to place essential oils in the second or third item

**Solomon Parker** · 04-01-2011, 06:50 AM

Okay, thread closed. I have about 11 good workable definitions that I will be forming into a poll which will start today or tomorrow.

Thanks for everyone's participation.