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> >Have to account for virus. As I have stated often, it is not the Varroa
> but
> the virus. When we can eliminate virus, there will be little need to
> control Varroa.


I guess that we're back to definitions.  A virus IS a parasite.
" use of the term parasite is ecological (see the Glossary) and includes
both micro-parasites (e.g., viruses and bacteria) and macro-parasites
(e.g., worms)" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4601502/
<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4601502/>

It may be difficult to "eliminate" the virus, but there are clearly strains
of bees that are able to manage the vector of the virus.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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