>Pete, this is what I observed in Calif during the initial invasion of *Nosema
ceranae, *coupled with some virulent virus strains (aka, CCD).  I'd be very
curious as to the nosema prevalence in those bees.


This brings up an issue I have with looking for nosema spores in older dead outs. A few years back I had a discussion with one of our area entomologists and during that discussion, he commented that nosema spores don't hang around very long in dead bees without almost immediately freezing them or preserving them in alcohol. So my question is can you get a reliable spore count if you just use a bunch of dead bees without knowing when those bees died?


Bill Hesbach
Northeast USA

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