>Maybe I'm revealing my ignorance here, but do viruses produce spores?

Yes! Quite a bit of information exists about the the most famous virus
spores like E boli being viable for a very long time.

I only found one hit on deformed wing virus spores on google when I was
doing dwv research. The site was a beekeeping site but can't remember the
site at this minute but the answer to Allen's question is yes.

Further research is needed on all the named virus spores.

Maybe others can find net information and post? Thanks!

 I need to get to bed as I need to get up early as we are getting a tanker
of fructose.

Bob

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