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Re: EFB-like symptoms
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Bill T <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:05:37 -0400
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> Same with Blueberries here in Maine.
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> Again - inadequate nutrition?


Probably- our local blueberry pollinators find that colonies often come off
the fields lighter than when they went in. Raspberries are the catch up crop
coming off blueberries.

I was told by an experienced beekeeper that bees are stressed in blueberries
and that EFB is a "stress" disease.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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