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No mention of the bacterium’s effects on people, so I’m assuming it’s not harmful, but that’s pretty crazy to read. I wonder how amateur bee keepers look out for and deal with this.
That last note on the Wikipedia mentioning that there is a vaccine for this is great tho.
We usually can see it but only once it’s too late. If you’re fast you can usually get rid of all the brood comb and pray it doesn’t continue to spread but usually the hive is a goner.
It’s spotted by discoloured larva, a bad smell and poke tests. It’s one of those diseases you can’t really manage. It contributes to hive collapse syndrome along with varoa mites which we’re still studying.
A big reason this disease gets to spread along with Varoa is because of factory farming of honey and the global transportation of colonies for annual pollination cycles. Especially barley and other grain.
Capitalism is literally at fault for hive collapse syndrome.
Judging by the suit, the bees haven’t yet figured out the sniffy dog is just helping.
