On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:33:05 -0800, Mike Stoops <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
But in what I've read in the commentaries here I can't recall anyone saying "all" the collapsed
colonies that were called CCD affected had Nosema Ceranae.
>
>Mike in LA
Without getting too convoluted in who said what when please refer to:
http://bee-quick.com/reprints/practical.pdf
Mr Fisher references the paper “A Metagenomic Survey of Microbes
in Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder” (“Science”, 09/06/07)
and says
" Although the authors dismissed Nosema as a possible correlating factor for CCD,
their tests found Nosema to be surprisingly common. Nearly universal. Every
apiary affected by CCD was found to have Nosema, and 90% of them had both
types of Nosema at the same time. Even among apiaries said to be “free of
CCD”, 92% of them were found to have Nosema ceranae, and 47% of them had
Nosema apis. "
Apiaries Apiaries
With CCD Free Of CCD
Nosema apis 90% 47.6%
Nosema ceranae 100% 92.1%
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