I had an interesting conversation or two with Dave Wick while I was in Orlando and followed up recently. I was intrigued by his observations made casually on a few hives and he sent me some info with permission to share it. Since there are graphs, I whipped up a page to consolidate the discussion so far and I'll let his comments speak for themselves there. See http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/articles/virus.htm The observations are very preliminary, and AFAIK there were no controls, but this seems to me to be worth following up. I'm sure it will be, and for those on this list who are interested, there is the opportunity to have virus checks done on their own bees. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L