HONEY BEE & POLLINATION 
43 pages
Published: 1 May 2004
Author(s): Goodman, Russell, McKee, Ben, Kaczynski, Peter
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This publication is an abridged edition of the comprehensive companion RIRDC report entitled ‘European Foulbrood – investigating control measures’. This abridged edition presents outcomes of investigations concerning the application of OTC to honey bee colonies, degradation of OTC in honey extracted from treated hives and efficacy of lower doses of OTC to control European foulbrood. Studies on Melissococcus pluton, the causal organism of the disease are also reported.
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