>When you say "seen the product work", do you mean it eliminated Ian's

> Annoying Pet Virus (IAPV) in a set of bees, or do you mean that it had some
> tangible impact that resulted in actual better bee health, vigor, or
> performance in terms of tangible metrics?
>

I mean that in the three separate trials that I ran using the product, in
all three I and others could easily tell which was the group that received
the active ingredient prior to us being unblinded, based upon colony size,
survival, and/or flight at the entrance, depending upon the trial.  Jim, I
know that you never believe a word I say, so go ahead and as Dr Eric
Mussen, who monitored the trials.

>
> >I was not aware that IAPV made any specific difference in bee health
>

Further research on your part would make you more aware. The family of
paralytic viruses (ABPV, KBV, and IAPV) has been strongly associated with
colony collapse ever since the arrival of varroa. You could begin your
edification with Ball (1988) The prevalence of pathogens in honey bee (Apis
mellifera) colonies
infested with the parasitic mite Varroa jacobsoni.  Then work forward
through the papers by Drs Stephen Martin, Diana Cox-Foster, and lately
Siede (2008) A real-time PCR based survey on acute bee paralysis virus in
German bee colonies.  And last year,

>
> And of course the work in the area of bees is pure PR.  Since when has
> anyone ever made a profit selling anything more complex than woodenware to
> beekeepers?  :)
>
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