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Spotting American Foulbrood in your bee colony (in English)

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American Foulbrood is a rare but devastating disease found in honeybee colonies all around the world, and even here in Oregon. Carolyn Breece from Oregon State University’s Honey Bee Lab shows us a honey bee frame that has crashed from American Foulbrood, and goes over how to spot the symptoms of AFB in your bee colonies.
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