> But in the Russian, the brood is still solid and beautiful, with
> no sign of DWV in either adults or pupae.  This observation brings home the
> point that the problem is not so much varroa, as lack of resistance to DWV.

May I add, "--Yet, and in this one case in this one place and which may 
not mean anything since there may not be a sufficient reservoir of the 
virus in the yard".

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