Division 1 Laboratory costs

Staff costs shall be limited to actual attributable labour costs (basic salary, social charges and retirement costs) accrued in implementation of the study and performing laboratory tests. To this end monthly time sheets have to be maintained.

Daily rate will be calculated on a 220 working days/year.

Reimbursement of consumables shall be based on actual costs incurred by Member States to perform the tests at the laboratory.

Staff costs for coordination, planning and transport are not eligible. Test kits, reagents and all consumables shall only be reimbursed if used specifically in the performance of the following tests.

Varroa count (washing) to be carried out on all colonies visited at the first visit and on symptomatic colonies in the following visits.

Detection and characterisation of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) and the tropilaelaps mite) to be carried out at the clinical inspection.

Clinical observation (including symptom observation foulbrood, nosema, viruses) microsporidian parasite (nosema spp.) spore counts, cultures, microscopic examination and biochemical tests to identify the causal agent European foulbrood (Melissococcus plutonius) and American foulbrood (Paenibacillus larvae) on symptomatic colonies.

American foulbrood — confirmation of the identity of the causal agent American foulbrood and European foulbrood via Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) on symptomatic colonies.

CBPV test (PCR) on symptomatic colonies.