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Beekeeping in Ireland
Varroa & Acarapis

 

First:

Cast a cold eye...

on good old:

Let it be var.destructor or jacobsoni or one or two of half a dozen of associated viruses - it does not matter! This parasite is easy to diagnose and easily kept under control!

Varroa
jacobsoni

 

CLICK this mite!

Second:

The forgotten bee disease / Internal parasite / No treatment available / Silent killer / Causes winter mortality of 30-50 % of colonies / Endemic in Ireland!

Acarapis woodii

One Cork - Two Bees!

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Bee on Cork

Homemade Tandem Needles

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Your Dissection Microscope!

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One of these creatures was found to be still alive and well when the tracheae of a  dissected bee where opened for a closer examination. The bee was one of a sample of 25 bees which where kept in a deep freezer for three hours at 18 degrees below zero.

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