>
> >I commonly see lots of non-pollen, non-nosema "things" under the
> microscope when I look at the sick/dying bees in the winter.


Ditto here.  I'm no microbiologist.  But I did allow some pollen to ferment
in a light sucrose solution to see what yeast looks like.  I'm not sure
whether some of what I see are amoeba cysts.

Could your wiggly things be trypanosomes?  Check Google images.

And I also see all sorts of other things from time to time--some like tiny
nosema spores, others just small balls, or all sorts of other shapes.

Bottom line, the guts of sick bees often contain organisms that I don't
normally see in healthy bees.
-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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