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Rather than saying "the term 'Mitigation' implies agency." it might be
better to just rephrase/redescribe the "mitigation" as "Mechanism(s) that
result in reduction of infestation".
For example, suppose the brood pheromone is far weaker in some line of bees,
and the varroa cannot smell the open brood, and thereby do not enter those
cells. The specific tangible, measurable change in the brood would have
"mitigated" the varroa infestation. But not by the brood's choice.
And rather than comparing the results of the Villa et al study, why not ask
Villa directly? I think he's nearby.
But there are basic issues of causality here with which to grapple, and
David Hume died back in 1776. I used to think that correlation implied
causation, but after I took statistics, I didn't. But did the class
enlighten me? I am not so certain.
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