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> >I commonly see lots of non-pollen, non-nosema "things" under the
> microscope when I look at the sick/dying bees in the winter.
Ditto here. I'm no microbiologist. But I did allow some pollen to ferment
in a light sucrose solution to see what yeast looks like. I'm not sure
whether some of what I see are amoeba cysts.
Could your wiggly things be trypanosomes? Check Google images.
And I also see all sorts of other things from time to time--some like tiny
nosema spores, others just small balls, or all sorts of other shapes.
Bottom line, the guts of sick bees often contain organisms that I don't
normally see in healthy bees.
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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