From: Dave Burrup [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sat 2008.12.20 11:05
the virus may not be replicating in the mite, the mite may only be moving
the viral phage from one bee to another. Bee mites are not the only mites
capable of vectoring disease. Spider mites and curl mites move diseases
around in wheat plants. Aphids, not a mite, transmit a whole host of
diseases to a wide assortment of crop and non-crop plants.
Dave
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