BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: Dysentery samples from this spring
From:
Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:52:40 -0000
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (20 lines) 
Bill T:
> High ash winter feed with long confinement can cause dysentery.

We see that here with colonies that are migrated to the heather in 
August/September.  I had one a few weeks ago with a large amount of faeces 
on the vegetation just around the entrance.  Checked it - not a single 
nosema spore.

Best wishes

Peter 

             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html

Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at:
http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm

ATOM RSS1 RSS2