-- randy oliver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
So the question is, why do some colonies appear to be thriving with high
counts (this has also been reported to me by others), while other colonies collapse.

>>>hi randy, you said that the test yard is comprised of colonies that already had nosema?  how geneticly related are these colonies likely to be (ie, did they all come from one yard that all had queens from one mother or queenbreeder....did they come together from individual yards that are not closely related)?  if they came from separate yards, can you tell if there is a trend as to where they are from and how they are doing?  i'm sure you've thought of these factors...but they are what come to my mind when i read the above.

deknow

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