Jerry wrote:

As an old livestock and diary farmer/rancher, I'm aware of the lack of
veterinarians for bees in the U.S.
I don't see any such option for beekeepers in N. America.  I have  heard
that
something like a veterinarian for bees may be available  overseas.  If
that's
the case, I'd like to know more, and I assume I'm not  the only one on this
list who might be interested.

Sometimes someone writes something makes you go "buzz".
the above comment by Jerry does that. There are so many opinions floating
around, I think it would be simply wonderful to have someine who taught a
course of hands on disease diagnosis. for bees.that could include an eye for
genetic influences as well(disease and genetics being so closely related at
points)
I know some of the major things  such as sampling for varroa and Foulbrood
etc  from reading books, but am certain that I would be greatly helped if
such a course were put together....and hopefully I could put together enough
money to take it.....or at least know where to find a person who has taken
it
Beekeeping can be so complex and there are so many variables that it would
be nice to see a course  available that has been favorably  "peer reviewd"
by both commercial  beekeepers and academic types as well.
May it be so.

John Horton
N. Alabama

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