Randy and all.
I've a set of slides from Robb to present to the MT beekeepers tomorrow.
Dr. Cramer will be at the CA Beekeepers to present his work on the Nosemas.
One additional point, Robb sees two populations of Nosema in all bee
samples. One is composed of smaller spores, one of larger. He thinks the
difference may be viable versus inviable (dead) spores, but I don't think he can rule
out morphological differences, since a study of a bumble bee Nosema found two
types of spores.
Anyway, Robb's the expert. However, based on spore size, he might have two
different variations in size from the same Nosema, or live versus dead, or
even a different species, since his general PCR for Nosema gets some hits that
aren't N. apis, nor N. ceranae.
So, really tough to sort these out by eye.
Jerry
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