>
> >It is my opinion and from discussion with many commercial beekeepers that
> spending a great deal of research funds chasing the * a virus is killing
> our
> bees* hypothesis is a waste of funds.


One benefit, Bob, of such research is that if the problem is indeed found to
be one or more viruses, whether or not exacerbated by parasites or
nutrition, That we would finally have collared the suspect.  At that point,
we could stop wasting time asking others to investigate other suspects.

Randy Oliver

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