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Offline Michelle

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Zombie Bees found in Canada
« on: August 16, 2016, 05:01:59 pm »
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Re: Zombie Bees found in Canada
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2016, 07:42:43 pm »
Here is another link to the same story , I have never heard about this, and hopefully they keep it on the west coast.....


http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/zombie-honeybees-1.3722988


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Re: Zombie Bees found in Canada
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2016, 06:30:31 am »
A similar fly/larva infestation was reported in New Hampshire in 1869.  I am posting a link to our Guilford County forum with a copy of the American Bee Journal article attached.

http://www.guilfordbeekeepers.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2027