The group at EcoHealth broached the idea that not enough focus has been placed on honey bee pathogen issues (ref: Pathogens, Pests, and Economics: Drivers of Honey Bee Colony Declines and Losses). To the contrary, a lot of time and money has been expended on this topic, as well we know. Here is a link to a video on this: What Happens When Pollinators Get Sick? Behavioral Impacts of Honeybee Viruses EC Evans, M Pizzorno - 2014 http://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/fac_coll/8/ PLB *********************************************** 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