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<I sed this. . .>
>>> Has anyone got a cure for chalkbrood?
<J.P.C sed this. . . >
>> Chalkbrood is something that is very easy to breed out of a stock.
>> It can be brought to a very low level where it does not bother.
>> Resistance to chalkbrood varies very quite a bit between different
>> stocks. I think that this type of resistance is different from hygienic
>> behaviour. With resistant stock you don't see mummies in the brood
>> frames, you don't find them on the bottom boards or in the pollen
>> traps and the brood is solid and homogeneous showing that larvae have
>> not been removed.
Well, a few years ago I bought some pollen from the fellow who brought us
queens 'under the hood'. (That is an inside joke). Since then I have
never had problem finding chalkbrood. As a bee inspector I drove all
over Alberta when the disease first appeared. Now I can sit at home and
find enough to satisfy any survey.
In the spring, when we choose breeders, I tip the whole (#%@) hive back
and look on the floor of any prospective breeder and count the mummies.
Any number beyond '1' fails.
We still have CB, but it *is* decreasing.
J.P. Are you coming out to the meeting in Edmonton in Jan? Are we going
skiing/snowboarding?
I have been trying to get the agenda to post it to this group - it
should be a *fab* meeting, but haven't managed to do it yet. Soon. . .
W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper VE6CFK
Rural Route One, Swalwell, Alberta Canada T0M 1Y0
Phone/Fax: 403 546 2588 Email: [log in to unmask]
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