> I heard here, a company Medivet somewhere
> in the states
They are in Canada.
> The fungus can kill bee larva and pupas
This is completely false
This has never been seen in any of the lab
tests or field trials to date. (There may
well be a fungus that kills bees and brood,
but I've not heard of any strain of this
fungus that will even grow on a dead bee.)
> and is hard to remove from the hive parts.
No "removal" is needed, as the fungus only
grows on the shells of varroa and other
hard-shelled insects. It certainly does NOT
grow like mold on hive components.
> Im interested to see the result from the
> US.
The appropriate papers are by Dr. James and
Dr. Kanga of USDA. Researchers in the UK
are working along the same lines, but I
don't know what they have published.
Who told you this bogus stuff?
[This message has been edited by jfischer (edited November 14, 2004).]