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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Breeder of queens Koss" data-source="post: 13423" data-attributes="member: 449">Alastair, Tristan, John B thanks for the information!Yes, sacbrood is the same in my country, and this season it appeared in my apiary. I looked for information on treatment, but other than recommendations for disinfection and compression of the nest, I didn’t find much.    Since this disease is of viral origin, bees with good immunity do not have this disease. I think the virus is present throughout the apiary, due to contact with a common water source, and wandering drones or bees, but not all colonies have it.    My mistake is that I greatly expanded the nest in the spring, which caused stress in the bees.     For myself, I decided to do an experiment.  To break the vicious circle - an infected bee feeds a larva, the larva dies, the bee removes this larva and becomes infected. I caught the queen bee and put her in a cage. I don’t know for how long, maybe I’ll try different things, but definitely until all the open brood becomes sealed.  And squeezed the nest.  And I will give 0.3-0.5 liters of sugar syrup. If you're interested, I can share the results when I finish the experiment</blockquote>

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