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On 4/11/2017 Aaron Morris posted this link,
https://entomologytoday.org/2017/10/27/a-potential-new-tool-in-the-battle-against-a-bee-killing-bacteria/
Unfortunately, it is hard for me to get excited about this
reference to the use of an antagonist to block germination sites on AFB
spores. The free fatty acids, including Linoleic acid, do exactly the
same thing and were explored for effectiveness here in Western Australia
by a group of beekeepers some years ago. Results were very mixed and
this approach was subsequently abandoned. The difficulty appears to be
keeping the antagonist available to meet up with the spores ad
infinitum, otherwise disease breakdown occurs. Once sporulation has
occurred, the spores are distributed so widely, there are so many of
them, and their viability persists for so long, that it becomes
inevitable that some will eventually find their way into the larval gut.
Unfortunately it seems this approach doesn't appear to be within the
realms of practicability. For both the bees and the beekeeper's sake I
wish it were.
PeterD
in Western Australia, where we are experiencing (so far) a relatively
benign summer weather pattern. Our brethren on the east coast of Oz have
however, not been quite so fortunate.
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