Amen to that and control of varroa mite is not rocket science if you are careful about the timing of the treatment.
If anything, nosema is harder to detect and harder to control although I have had very good results after adding some thymol to the winter feed as in Pete Little's recipe. Will do the same this winter when feeding.
The
Youcel paper which looked at colonies over 3 winters found that this was a more effective control of nosema than fumidil.
If you keep these two maladies in check, your bees will more than likely thrive.
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