Download or read book A Beekeepers' Guide to Understanding Control Measures for European Foulbrood written by Russell David Goodman and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.