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Re: varroa viruses
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> >Does anyone know if varroa viruses can also be spread by meaning of
> contact between bees (jelly f.i.).


Absolutely!  There are two notable papers by Diana Cox-Foster and her
students about the wide variety of ways by which viruses can spread.  Via
contact, bee bread, on flowers, in water, in aerosols, by mites, etc.

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Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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