As the conversation seems to have turned to the 8,000 organisisms that supposedly live in the beehive superorganism, my personal belief is likely the same as nearly everybody else, that a proper balance is important.
It's useful to know what's been discovered in a lab, and this information should be in the back or our mind when we work in the real world.
However, to talk about, for example, the destruction of yeasts essential for bee bread production, is to imply that, you treat, your yeasts die, you bees cannot make bee bread, you're screwed. I am growing weary of these types of doomsday scenarios being bandied around.
Outside of a lab, in the real world, most of my hives get treated. Do they look sick? No, quite the reverse. The hives are booming, honey is pouring in, I have sold record numbers of bees ths year. Open any one of my hives and you get this feel good, woah this hive is Pumping vibe, which makes me enjoy my job.
So I'm not questioning what's found in a lab. I'm questioning how it really pans out in the real world, and the way it's interpreted by some who use it to try to prove their own agenda.
Antibiotics, well no, I wouldn't use them. But for those with different climatic factors than what I have, I say go with what works for you. (Which, by the way, is an incredibly common saying on the treatment free forum LOL). The discounting of scientific research and studies is also not without precedent, doing that is also a very popular pastime on the treatment free forum.