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Re: van Westendorp report
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Bill T <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:13:44 -0500
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They could find no positve correlation between varroa levels and viruses.
> "In fact, many colonies that ...tested positive for IAPV or KBV had low or
> nontectectable Varroa mite infestation levels."
>
> Is this all becoming clear to everyone?  Sure isn't to me!


Virus have always been detectable in bees, even before tracheal and Varroa,
but they were not a problem.They were a "lab curiosity"

So you can have virus and no problem.

The correlation is the wrong way. Is there a correlation between the
combination of Varroa and virus and also between Varroa and other pathogens
and colony death? Obviously there is.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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