A few folks have spoken about EFB, and various
approaches to dealing with it.

But do any of you experts have a sure-fire
method to culture EFB?

I've tried and tried.  It's difficult, even
following the excellent suggestions in
"Honey Bee Pests, Diseases, and Predators"
from AI Root, and the various USDA publications.

My second question should be obvious, in light of
my first.  Why should I worry so much about
something I can't even culture reliably under even
"ideal" conditions?  I can culture everything else
with "by the book" approaches, but M. pluton is a
consistent tough one to "grow".

Or perhaps I should worry more, and assume that
lots of low-level EFB is escaping attention simply
because it is so hard to culture and verify?

                jim

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