Howdy folks,

I have the majority of two mediums of good (albeit somewhat crystallized) honey from a hive that didn't fare well this last, long, brutal winter.  I noticed that this hive did *not* show good cleansing flights on the few marginal flying days we had last winter, and seemingly as a result, developed dysentery, and later failed.

I noticed some splotching on these frames (although not a lot), and began to wonder if it would be alright to feed these frames to either nucs or established colonies?  The hive was reasonably strong last fall, so my suspicion is that this colony, which was obtained from a local swarm of unknown parentage, was just not up to the winter we had.  Is there a simple way to check the frames for nosema infection?

Thanks,

Todd.

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