So to answer Jerry's question, the virus seems to have been found IN thebee, rather than ON the bee.  

Thanks Jim

We didn't dissect the bees, but I suspect that the proteins we found for over 500 plant viruses would have been found in the  gut -  after all, we and many others have seen plant viruses in pollen, and pollen does get into the bee gut - despite comments that adult bees don't eat pollen.  They may not eat it, but they may filter it out of the honey.  Personally, I've often found pollen in the gut of foragers, although Randy will  probably argue that.

But hey, our  bees even had things like monkey pox and human STDs - probably due to the vet lab just below the tube that my bees in my UM observation hive use.

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