Bob Harrison:
The editor of a bee magazine sent the information to me.
Just an FYI....Tony Jadczak, State inspector from Maine, submitted samples of
bees to USDA he collected in 1985 to check for T mites while in Maine for BBerry
pollination...tests recently ran show that 30% had NC back then...this just
fyi...maybe puts a different spin on colony deaths in the last 25 years....or
not.
Reply:
Well then, like I said with samples still on file in many places then here's some more places/writings Bob you or others might want to be reminded of. If nothing else, you can read in your old magazines/publications many of us still have, and compare to what you are physicaly seeing in your hives.
Thanks for pulling this back up for me so here's more for you.
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Farrar, C.L.
1947. Nosema losses in package bees as related to queen supersedure and honey yields. Journal of Economic entomology 40:333-338
Jay, S.C.
1962. A survey of nosema disease in package bees, queens, and attendant bees entering Manitoba (1963-1966) Entomol Society of Manitoba proceedings 22:61-64
Jaycox, E.R.
1960. Surveys for nosema disease of honeybees in Calif. Journal Economic Entomology 53:95-98
Lehnert, T. and Shimanuki, H
1973 Production of Nosema-free bees in the South. ABJ 113:381-382
Shimanuki, H., and Knox, D
1973 Transmission of nosema disease from infected workers of the honeybee, to queens in queen mailing cages. ABJ 113: 413-414
Michael, A.S.
1974 Status of the Joint United States-Canada Nosema Disease Committee. ABJ 114:291-292, 300
Moeller, F. E.
1956 The behavior of nsema-infected bees affecting their position in the winter cluster. Journal of Economic Entomology 49:743-745
1962 Nosema control in package bees. ABJ 102:390-392
1972 Effectsof emerging bees and of winter flights of nosema disease in honey bee colonies. Journal of Apicultural Research 11:117-120
Moffett, J.O. and Wilson, W. T.
1971 The viability and infectivity of frozen nosema spores. ABJ 111:55-70
Mussen, etal
1975 Enzootic levels of nosema disease in the continental United States. ABJ 115:48-50
Oertel, E.
1964 Nosema disease in the Baton Rouge Area. Gleanings in Bee Culture 92:427-437
Shimanuki, H etal
1973 transmission of nosema disease from infected honey bee workers to queens in mating nuclei. Journal of Ecnnomic Entomology 66:777-778
White, G. F.
1919 Nosema disease. U.S. Dept Agric Bulletin 780, 59 pp
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