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Subject:	Re: Evolution of Virulence
From:	randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 7 Sep 2015 08:40:51 -0700
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>
> >The term “virulence” itself may be the cause of more confusion than
> enlightenment


Exactly!  The "virulence" of varroa in the sense of colony morbidity and
mortality is mainly due to viruses.  So we need a term for the degree to
which a strain of varroa is able to successfully reproduce to high levels
in a colony.

Pete (or anyone else), can you suggest a more appropriate term?
-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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