[Live Oak]

This came in the email this morning. Sorry if this has already been discussed. I did a search and only 1 post came up with 1 reply.

https://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?354805-Brood-safe-for-AFB&highlight=BROODSAFE

Has anyone done any further use or testing of this product and if so, what were your results? This appears to be more of a preventative product so I suspect there may not be any discernible results.

https://www.broodsafe.com/

There does seem to be a good bit of research in this area particularly as a better alternative to antibiotics.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4535585/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6345884/

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7929&context=etd

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022201117302872

On the other hand, there does not seem to be much if any information out there from beekeepers, commercial or otherwise as to the effectiveness, pros & cons, etc. of its use. Probably because this is apparently a pretty new product.

Again, any thoughts, comments, opinions, or anecdotes from beekeepers on its use?

 

[Live Oak]

I suspect the interest in this product just shot off the scale with the article quoting Kent Williams recommending Broodsafe as an alternative to burning your hives. I ordered 500 doses to keep in cold storage in the (God forbid) event of an AFB outbreak in my area. It CAN happen. This product can be fed prophylacticly as a preventative measure as well. Beekeepers need to know that AFB is just about everywhere. How and when it rears its ugly head is somewhat unknown but poor apiary house keeping can set the stage for it to happen.