It depends on how long ago the bees died.
Relatively freshly killed bees can be diagnosed for TM in the field with 
basic (X10 magnification) magnifying glass.
A slanting cork, twin needles and a fine tweezers are the other equipment 
required.

After a while autolysis changes the colour of the body tissue to black fluid 
and the mites cannot be seen

Ruary
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D McKinney" <[log in to unmask]>
> Can TM be  easily detected in the dead bees  found in the hive with the 
> proper lab equipment?

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