At 11:55 PM 08/25/1999 -0400,Ted Fischer wrote:

>
>Suppose you were to have both AFB (maybe EFB) and varroa mites.  The basic
>problem does seem to be AFB, but you don't specify all the symptoms.  Are the
>dead brood larvae or pupae?  Are they in capped cells, and if so are the
>cappings sunken and often perforated?  Does the dead brood tissues string out
>when tested with a small stick?  These would be signs of AFB.  EFB attacts
>pupae, but also larvae, so its makes a difference what you are observing.

If you have almost all the signs of AFB *except* not the smell nor the
stringy-ness, could you possibly have brood adversely affected by heat..
perhaps if there were not enough adult bees present to keep the hive regulated?

Emily, Bedford MA
Emily M. Pruyn
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