>
> > We're also saying to beekeepers that both Nosema and the IIV virus are
> found in the gut, and that both pathogens thrive in cool, damp conditions.
>

I want to suggest to a paradigm change.

Based on a recent research on flu virus,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209205148.htm
there is a better correlation with absolute humidity than with relative one.

The same applies in my understanding with energetic stress.


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