Hi Randy & All
> On 14 Feb 2019, at 9:50 PM, randy oliver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> It's not clear in which species DWV originally evolved. In some Hawaiian
> islands without varroa, DWV was detected in other insect species, so it
> doesn't require varroa to be introduced.
I understood that varroa did not carry viruses but only vectored them from one bee to another thus helping to spread the virus. In other words, the bees already had the virus.
Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W
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