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Re: Reports of High Bee Losses on east coast
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Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 9 Feb 2017 17:10:25 -0500
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> Some are blaming the drought and pollen. I'm thinking a virulent form of DWV. 

Yes, the drought pollen theory has legs and is all over the place. Does not make sense to me. I kept bees in San Diego where they went through 4-5 months of drought every summer. They didn't die of it. But that was back in the 1980s. See:

Evidence for positive selection and recombination hotspots in Deformed wing virus (DWV)
www.nature.com/scientificreports
Published: 25 January 2017

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