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Some wise words from a few decades ago

The parasites that were newly found in sick bees quickly led to a common belief that bees suffered from a wide range of infections of great severity and that the presence or absence of serious infectious disease was simply a matter of the presence or absence of a pathogen. 

In fact, although many of the pathogens of bees usually kill the individual they infect, or at least shorten and otherwise disrupt its life to some degree, their effects on colonies are generally less predictable, which gives rise to dilemma and controversy about their importance and how best to deal with them. 

Nevertheless, precautionary measures and treatments have always been sought, often desperately; and there has been a degree of success, although this has often been achieved by little more than chance and leaves much to be desired. 

Bailey, Leslie, and B. V. Ball. "Honey bee pathology." (1991).

 

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