On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 1:13 PM, randy oliver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
> >So, I wonder for instance whether
> > grooming behaviour is important to resistance to tracheal mites.  We know
> > that the the two physical actions of early uncapping and prompt mummy
> > removal is critical to resistance to chalkbrood.
> >
>
> Stan, those are both good points, although neither of those parasites are
> generally considered to be serious contributors to current bee mortality
> problems.  That is why I didn't include them.


But nosema is considered by some to be a serious contributor.  It is also a
fungus of a type (microsporidian). What about:   "Interactions between
Nosema microspores  and a neoticotinoid  weaken honeybees (apis
mellifera)"  Environmental Microbiology 2009  by a team of INRA researchers

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