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Re: van Westendorp report
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Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:43:50 -0500
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randy oliver wrote:

>They could find no positve correlation between varroa levels and viruses.

This would be in contradiction to a mountain of evidence:

Large mite populations have been responsible for
vectoring bee viruses between honey bees. The viruses,
which previously spread relatively slowly and caused
colony mortality extremely rarely, are now thought to
be responsible for the world-wide death of millions of
mite-infested honey bee colonies.

from:

The dynamics of virus epidemics in Varroa-infested honey bee colonies
D. J. T. SUMPTER and S. J. MARTIN

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