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Re: Nosema on the scope
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> > but can I take bees out of a dead out and check for Nosema levels? Is the
> Nosema still there to be seen?


If the bees dried out, so that the gut contents didn't decompose, then yes,
spores are preserved in dead bees.  Simply reconstitute in water.

Randy Oliver

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