Thereīs nothing to do with "virus"...Itīs about "zombee fly"
Apocephalus borealis
What are ZomBees?
They are honey bees that have been parasitized by the Zombie Fly
Apocephalus borealis. Fly-parasitized honey bees become "ZomBees"
showing the "zombie-like behavior" of leaving their hives at night on
"a flight of the living dead.
A Zombie Fly laying eggs inside a Honey Bee. The fly is native to most
of North America. It has expanded its host range to include the
non-native honey bee, the most important pollinator of agricultural
crops.
More information
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0029639
...and
https://www.zombeewatch.org/
P. David Quesada
Honey Bee Pathology Lab
Extremadura, Spain
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