> In a recent publication, Bromenshenk et al. claim that an iridovirus, Invertebrate Iridescent Virus-6 (IIV-6), is tightly linked to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD, the cause of many of the bee losses over the past four winters) based on proteomic analyses of bees from CCD-afflicted and unafflicted colonies. We believe that there are fundamental flaws in the interpretation of their data. We believe that there is currently insufficient evidence to conclude that bees are a natural host for IIV-6, let alone that the virus is linked to CCD. Interpretation of data underlying the link between CCD and an invertebrate iridescent virus Leonard J Foster http://tinyurl.com/2dqy3sm *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm