Joe wrote: > Wax moth are opportunistic insects, and are more prone to gain a foot > hold, in weak and diseased colonies. So it would be easy to come to the > assumption 'in error' that EFB was introduced by wax moth. I am not arguing the case for wax moths spreading the disease and would agree that it is normally spread by robbing or by beekeepers; I simply said: "I seem to remember seeing a claim that wax moths might be implicated in spreading EFB." I was wondering if anyone had any further information. Certainly wax moths will invade diseased colonies - and may then fly to disease-free ones; the question is: can they spread disease? Peter **************************************************** * General Information About BEE-L is available at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/default.htm * ****************************************************