On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> In doing research for my ABJ article on nosema, I found the following
>
> Nosema disease is an infectious disease of adult
> honeybees caused by the protozoan Nosema apis.
>

It is interesting that "nosema disease" is not confined to honeybees as it
is used as a pesticide for grasshoppers - nosema locustae. So there are
many branches to the family. It would be interesting to see just what
relationships exist in the wild, since it is so prevelant in its many forms.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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