From: "Dick Allen" <dickallen@gci.net>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 18:03:24 -0800
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: How do you tell diseases apart

Beekeepers:
FWIW I found this interesting. It comes from the Morse and Flottum book:
Honey Bee Pests, Predators, & Diseases.

"Shimanuki et.al. found that antibacterial material from chalkbrood mummies
inhibited the growth of Melissococcus pluton and B. larvae. This material
was subsequently identified as the fatty acid, linoleic acid (Feldlaufer,
et.al.) In their next paper, Feldlaufer showed that related fatty acids also
had antibacterial activity."

In another chapter of the book: "a decline in the incidence of European
foulbrood in the United States was accompanied by an increase in
chalkbrood."

Dick Allen (not to be confused with Canada's Allen Dick)