Hi all, I am a 52 year old beekeeper with 25+ years experence. I am having some health issues. My doctors are having not much luck identifying the cause. With the attention on CCD as a virus. I am curious if by chance this virus crossed over and is contributing to my health issues? Have you as a beekeepers experenced health issues that are new to you with in the last 2-3 years?
Barry, I am sooooo sorry to hear about your friend with ALS. A colleague of mine was diagnosed with that 5 years ago, and he passed away earlier this month. There is nothing they can do for it. He was only 60.
Regards,
Steven
Good news! It looks like the mold issue is real. I told the doctors about the mold connection. She had me go in for a sputum test and a chest cat scan. Turns out I had a major infection in my nasal and chest/lungs caused by mold. After 3 weeks of cipro @ 500mg twice a day I Feel like new. I hope that the antibiotic did its job and killed the infection so it will not grow back. I would like to thank you all for your help and especially logger mike for bringing up the mold connection. I would have never put that together.
Mold is a real issue. One I would have never considered. Make sure you use proper protection while cleaning up boxes.
Thanks again to all,
if your suffering from CCD like symptoms, we'll never know what happened to you because you'll just disappear, much like the bees in the hive are just not there.
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