In a message dated 11/02/2007 05:10:39 GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask]  
writes:

Are there so many individuals who cannot id.  EFB?

Peter:


In a word 'Yes!'
 
Until the advent of the new Vita test kits (and even they aren't  always 
right) it was impossible accurately to diagnose EFB outside a  laboratory as so 
many other things can be confused with it. The only time I  saw it, just a 
couple of cells in a nuc, in my bees I called in the Bee  Inspector as the law (UK) 
demands.  He said he thought it was probably a  touch of sac brood but sent 
off a sample anyway. It tested  positive.
 
Chris
 







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