>I must question the hypothesis that the feral population was the main source of AFB A couple of studies posted a couple of months ago here on the pages of Bee-L seem to question this position as well: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03014223.1994.9517996 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/14540789_Bacillus_larvae_carrier_status_of_swarms_and_feral_colonies_of_honeybees_Apis_mellifera_in_Australia The Goodwin paper in particular makes reference to historical studies in the US and UK that mirror their own findings. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
