>This is with the dilution method. What about the squish method? Would you

> use the Topolska and Hartwig method to count the spores?
>

With an undiluted (or slightly diluted) gut squash, there are typically so
many spores in a field of view in an infected bee that you wouldn't dream
of counting them!

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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