Disclaimer: I'm not an expert! I'm the youngest of 3 brothers in the 3rd or 4th generation of family beekeeping. I'll just relay what I've learned from putting into practice.
The difference between the two is which bee it affects. Apis being the euro bees and Ceranae being the asiatic. Nosema, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, is fairly easy to identify. Check the hive(s) inside and, more easily spotted, outside for ALOT of brown bee fecal matter. If you've got nice light colored frames on the inside and see a bunch on there treatment should be applied quickly. Nosema causes the bees to get diarrhea and can be treated with fumagillin-B quite succesfully. We treated our fleet last fall after a hive or two came down with it and so far this year, no probs... touch wood. Fumagillin-B is a powder you mix into their syrup when you make the batch, not just at the hive. I can't find the dosage sheet with our bottle just yet but here's a link I found that confirms some of what I said. http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Mussen/beebriefs/Nosema_Disease.pdf
Good luck. Joe
The difference between the two is which bee it affects. Apis being the euro bees and Ceranae being the asiatic. Nosema, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, is fairly easy to identify. Check the hive(s) inside and, more easily spotted, outside for ALOT of brown bee fecal matter. If you've got nice light colored frames on the inside and see a bunch on there treatment should be applied quickly. Nosema causes the bees to get diarrhea and can be treated with fumagillin-B quite succesfully. We treated our fleet last fall after a hive or two came down with it and so far this year, no probs... touch wood. Fumagillin-B is a powder you mix into their syrup when you make the batch, not just at the hive. I can't find the dosage sheet with our bottle just yet but here's a link I found that confirms some of what I said. http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Mussen/beebriefs/Nosema_Disease.pdf
Good luck. Joe
