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I know of no cure but hoping someone can suggest one.
Burning may be a bit drastic, I have had this in my hives but mostly they recover, although the hive may be non productive for a season. Out of my 320 hives it would probably be affecting maybe a couple of hives at any one time. I have given up on eradicating it because it's endemic here, just have to live with it, it's a cost of doing business.
Hoping that breeding may eventually produce a resistant bee, but don't know if that will happen or not. Here's a video of one of my hives with it, this hive had it on and off for 2 seasons but is now fully recovered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAJVMao71P0
Burning may be a bit drastic, I have had this in my hives but mostly they recover, although the hive may be non productive for a season. Out of my 320 hives it would probably be affecting maybe a couple of hives at any one time. I have given up on eradicating it because it's endemic here, just have to live with it, it's a cost of doing business.
Hoping that breeding may eventually produce a resistant bee, but don't know if that will happen or not. Here's a video of one of my hives with it, this hive had it on and off for 2 seasons but is now fully recovered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAJVMao71P0