Chris Slade writes:
It is detectable only by dissection and  microscopical
examination of individual bees.

Reply:
Yes this is very much true but other signs in front of
hives can be looked for concerning trachael mites, and
simple field dissections can also be done, with hand held
10X magnifiers also to see if the dead bees had trachael
mites by common everyday beekeepers. Further I am sure in
the archives here this information for beekeepers for doing
can be pulled up, as it has been talked about in the past.

Dee A. Lusby


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