>
> >I wish they would come up with a at home snap test, grind a few bees, put
> on a drop and it shows positive or negative.


Was recently developed by the USDA.  Could hit the market soon.

However, to the the best of my knowledge, N ceranae by itself has yet to be
connected directly with winter losses by any study anywhere in the world!

The DATA on N ceranae are conflicting, as are the OPINIONS.  It appears to
me that N ceranae in the majority of areas is not all that harmful alone,
but can explode under certain circumstances, likely related to nutrition,
viruses, and pesticides/miticides.  But that is just an educated guess--not
a conclusion.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
ScientificBeekeeping.com

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