Page 8 of 8 FirstFirst ... 678
Results 71 to 74 of 74

Thread: Dead bees from apidea

  1. #71
    Senior Member Jon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Location
    Belfast, N. Ireland
    Posts
    5,122
    Blog Entries
    94

    Default

    Feckless Drone kindly offered to chop up a few bee heads from a sample I sent him and this was the result.
    I'll leave it to the forum virus geeks to comment.

    EM-virus.jpg

    The sample came from an apidea, second from the left, top row.
    It still seems fine in spite of the loss of bees.
    It was bringing in pollen this morning.
    Last edited by Jon; 11-12-2013 at 04:48 PM.

  2. #72
    Administrator gavin's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Location
    Tayside
    Posts
    4,464
    Blog Entries
    41

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
    Feckless Drone kindly offered to chop up a few bee heads from a sample I sent him and this was the result.
    LOL! I think that the car headlights we're seeing blasting into that snowstorm with the giant snowflakes is rapidly approaching a man in the road. He should have known better than to be out walking in that sort of weather.

    Jessie Smith's spirit as channelled through her grandson interpreting fuzzy EM pics done after the support staff went home, could be a new SBAi highlight.

    Any chance FD could twirl the focussing knob a wee bit next time? And add a wee ruler to the preparation? I'm no virologist (apart from knowing a few that give me the sniffles in the winter and that make tattie leaves go yellowing and crinkly) but it does have a CBPV look about it, doesn't it? With just a few IAPV there too to liven things up (quarantine that man's apiary!).

    Here's CBPV (about 20nm across) from a paper by Chevin et al (2012):


  3. #73
    Senior Member busybeephilip's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Comber, N. Ireland
    Posts
    581
    Blog Entries
    2

    Default

    jon, about time to give yer bees a wee hot toddy, yerself too then ya wont feel the cold on that there owl bike, right mucker

  4. #74
    Senior Member Jon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Location
    Belfast, N. Ireland
    Posts
    5,122
    Blog Entries
    94

    Default

    Virus or no virus, this apidea is still alive and that includes a 5 foot drop on Friday afternoon when its shelf collapsed.

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •