Jeffery Gibbs forty years commercial beekeeper and industry spokesperson. "Antibiotics are yet another toxin for your bees. There is barely a commercial beekeeper in Australia who doesn’t understand the terminology Olley’s Lolly. (Illegal Antibiotics) From my investigations more than eight out of ten beekeepers down south are dosing. It would be terribly difficult to run one thousand hives without the use of antibiotic in this country. With the bursting of disease and hive beetle, the use of chemicals in beehives has reached an all-time Australian high. A growing number of beekeepers in Australia are refusing to work pollination because they know it is killing their bees. It is almost a certainty that if you can’t find good clean forest pollen to detoxify and rebuild the immune system of your bees you are in trouble. Ben McKee of Capilano and Jodie Goldsworthy of Beechworth Honey confirm that not only they but everyone is aware of the use of ‘Lolly’. Contamination is becoming an increasing threat to the Australian honey industry. New Zealand has banned the use of antibiotics on bees. Many commercial honey producers are calling for a ban in Australia. AFB foulbrood can be masked by antibiotics but put other beekeepers at risk. http://www.theabk.com.au/articles/2016/8/30/neonicotinoids-in-australia-part-2