Stan Sandler wrote:
 
> >One suggestion would be to find out if you have Nosema.
> >1) Grasp an adult bee by the head and by the tip of abdomen and pull. With>a little prcatice the entire gut will be exposed.  Look at the
middle
> >part, A normal bee's midgut will be darkened and "ringed", it will have
 
> Many thanks to John Skinner for the above technique!  Nosema is one of most
 
I have found this "test" to be reliable only if positive. Often in a
colony that shows nosema symptoms, the mid guts look normal yet
a sample of the bees when sent to a lab will have high spore counts. The
above test always agree with the lab when indication was positive. >