In a message dated 29/11/2008 22:15:19 GMT Standard Time,  
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Not to  be the bearer of bad news but if your 200 hives died partly because
of  nosema ceranae and you reused equipment I predict the problem will
surface  again at another time.


I have been informed off-list that dysentery is not associated with Nosema  
cerana as it is with N apis; and that it is most probably passed from bee to 
bee  by trophyllaxis and/or by infected adults feeding the larvae. From this it  
follows that it is not essential to sterilise equipment where Nc is present;  
however, it is likely that there are other problems also in the hive that 
would  be best kept down, including N.apis.
 
Chris
 

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